Orwell’s Mr
Jones – The Farmer
One person who may have
later seen through the
cover-up of Gareth’s death by
simple bandits, is arguably George
Orwell (whose bête noire was also Cockburn)…
In Brief:
•Tsar Nicholas was also murdered by
‘Napoleon’.
•‘Jones’ is primarily a Welsh name, though all Orwell’s names were carefully & symbolically chosen.
•‘9
[Ukrainian] hens had died of coccidiosis’ c.f. Duranty; ‘No Starvation,
but …diseases due to malnutrition’ – GO certainly knew of Gareth
& Duranty (having reviewed Eugene
Lyons’ book in 1938.)
as to ‘Mr (Gareth)
Jones; the Farmer