Books v. Cigarettes"If our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less exciting pastime than going to the dogs, the pictures or the pub" George Orwell. Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays in Books v. Cigarettes explore everything from the perils of second hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a