Year of the Rat

1948: George Orwell is attempting his final novel - Nineteen Eighty Four - before ill-health forces him off the isolated Scottish island he has made his home. Holed up with a shotgun and literary-circle bombshell Sonia Brownell for company he's desperately hoping for a last chance at happiness.
But George is no womaniser and is sure to make a hash of things, particularly after his childhood friend and notorious lecher Cyril Connolly turns up. Will he seduce Sonia or will Cyril scupper his plans? Can he survive his friends, both real and imaginary, and finish Nineteen Eighty Four before death comes knocking?