Doctrinaire, propaganda, surveillance cameras, faking statistics, destroying or falsifying books to forget history, Newspeak organization shortages of consumer goods, but also denunciations, arbitrary arrest, terror, torture and rehabilitation ... all the ingredients of a totalitarian regime gathered in this book and exposed. The author highlights the submission processes of peoples and shows how difficult it is to revolt in this type of plan. Who to trust? Torture scenes are particularly poignant and disturbing. Some lengths, however, especially in Chapter 2.