Paul Theroux’s “Burma Sahib” is based on the actual experiences of British author George Orwell, who served as a policeman from 1922-27 for the British Colonial Services in Burma, known today as ...
Surprisingly little is known about the four-and-a-half years Eric Blair spent in Burma as a policeman from 1922. There were letters sent to his parents and a sweetheart back home, now lost; and a few ...