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They pretend to publish a Bolshevik newspaper. In reality, they are running a complex scam in which they charge potential writers a membership fee, pocket the fee, and disappear. Boris attempts to secure Orwell work writing for the paper, but the two men soon discover the paper is only a front.
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Chapter 8
Boris’s proposal is that they seek out a group of Bolshevik newspapermen who run a communist weekly. Orwell, a writer, might find employment with them writing pieces...
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