Doublethink In the case of workers at the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth, doublethink means being able to falsify public records, and then believe in the new history that they themselves have just rewritten. As revealed in Goldstein's Book, the Ministry's name is itself an example of doublethink: the Ministry of Truth is really concerned with lies. The other ministries of Airstrip One are similarly named: the Ministry of Peace is concerned with war, the Ministry of Love is concerned with torture, and the Ministry of Plenty is concerned with starvation. The three slogans of the Party—"War is Peace",
Truth (novel) or been shortlisted", having won five "Neds" since his debut novel "Bad Debts" in 1997. In 2009, "Truth" was one of six novels shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, a prestigious Australian literary prize. On 21 June 2010, it was announced that it had won the prize, becoming the first crime genre novel to be nominated and to win the award. The Miles Franklin judges described "Truth" as "a stunning novel about contemporary Australian life, written with all the ambiguity and moral sophistication of the most memorable literature". Truth (novel) Truth is a 2009 crime fiction novel written by Peter