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Take Two

Sales for George Orwell's '1984' skyrocket amid NSA surveillance scandal

By Take Two Staff
Published Jun 12, 2013
Book jacket for George Orwell's "1984."
Book jacket for George Orwell's "1984."
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Penguin Books
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Sales for George Orwell's '1984' skyrocket amid NSA surveillance scandal

Since news about the NSA surveillance program broke last week, you may have thought once or twice about George Orwell's classic "1984." Well, so did other people. Sales of the book on Amazon shot up 7,000 percent this week.

Here to talk about the book and its place is history is book critic David Kipen.