David McAlmont
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
David McAlmont’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Burma?
Yes.
Lower Burma and Upper Burma at different times before they found independence and became known as Myanmar.
It's not a pretty picture.
I would say it's quite savage.
And I don't think I've read a book quite like it that takes this forensic, unflinching, unforgiving look at the conduct of colonialists here.
in territories, but then it's quite harsh about the people from Burma who are part of the equation, of the colonialist equation as well.
So you have Dr. Veeraswamy who wants to become part of the European establishment represented by this shabby old club in the middle of the fictional Qatar.
And then you have Yupo Kien, I think, who wants to destroy Viraswami so that he can become part of this club.
And then the main character is a character called Flory, who tries not to be what he is.
He's basically a colonialist, but he tries to be other than a colonialist, but he still exploits the women.
There are all of these contradictions and conflicts.
Yeah, one of the most chilling moments I would say is kind of in the middle of the book when they go on the hunting trip and they shoot down a pigeon.
And Florey shows Elizabeth the pigeon and says, this is the most beautiful bird in Burma.
And it's like, why did you kill it?
Orwell, as a narrator, is saying that Burma's been downgraded in terms of priority.
So it's become a backwater in the complex of the Raj now.
Yes, it's no point.
And what's extraordinary about the colonialist element is that they're all there doing business.
That is so striking because doing business means that you have to treat people a certain way.
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