Writers' words have always been used by pundits and politicos in order to further their own agendas, but it is probable that no writer's work has been used (and misused) as frequently and as effectively as George Orwell's. Once the champion of Europe's down-and-out and a self-proclaimed advocate of Socialism, Orwell was, understandably, embraced by many on the Left during his own lifetime. Following the publications of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four - and the writer's own death shortly ...