Gordon Comstock's failure
Gordon Comstock's failure to complete the poetry collection "London Pleasures" is central to one of this author's novels, and in another of his novels, this author describes a man who longs for the days of ordering fifteen lashings, the Deputy District Commander Mr. McGregor. This author of Keep the Aspidistra Flying wrote a novel in which the protagonist receives a briefcase containing "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism." He wrote about Winston Smith's love for Julia in a book about a society ruled by Big Brother. For 10 points, name this author of 1984.
Gordon Comstock's failure to complete the poetry collection "London Pleasures" is central to one of this author's novels, and in another of his novels, this author describes a man who longs for the days of ordering fifteen lashings, the Deputy District Commander Mr. McGregor.
George {Orwell} [or Eric Arthur {Blair}]