Burmese Days

In the twilight years of the British Empire in Burma, bigotry, corruption, and intolerance are the order of the day.

When
the white timber merchant befriends the Indian doctor Veraswami, he
soon finds himself alienated from his British compatriots - and even
from the woman he hopes will become his wife - as they cannot
countenance the idea of racial equality. Meanwhile, the unscrupulous
official U Ko Phin does everything to advance his own station - no
matter who he may hurt in the process.

Based on Orwell's own
experiences as a policeman in Burma in the 1920s, it presents a shocking
and revealing portrait of British colonial society and the terrible
effects of empire on both the colonisers and the colonised.

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