{"product_id":"shooting-an-elephant-pb-w2","title":"George Orwell: Shooting an Elephant [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism - the real motives for which despotic governments act' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShooting an Elephant\u003c\/i\u003e was the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940. It is a searing and honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma: killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd, solely to avoid looking like a fool.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orwell, George","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42321628889273,"sku":"9780241515006","price":2.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/orwell-george-george-orwell-shooting-an-elephant-2021-paperback-9780241515006-58225970053459.jpg?v=1727344387","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/shooting-an-elephant-pb-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}