Coming Up For Air - George Orwell

George Orwell's Paean To The End Of An Idyllic Era In British History, Coming Up For Air Is A Poignant Account Of One Man's Attempt To Recapture Childhood Innocence As War Looms On The Horizon.george Bowling, Forty-five, Mortgaged, Married With Children, Is An Insurance Salesman With An Expanding Waistline, A New Set Of False Teeth - And A Desperate Desire To Escape His Dreary Life. He Fears Modern Times - Since, In 1939, The Second World War Is Imminent - Foreseeing Food Queues, Soldiers, Secret Police And Tyranny. So He Decides To Escape To The World Of His Childhood, To The Village He Remembers As A Rural Haven Of Peace And Tranquillity.