Coming Up for Air

Synopsis

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.