Nineteen Eighty-Four Airstrip One, Oceania's four government ministries are in pyramids (300 m high), the façades of which display the Party's three slogans. The ministries' names are the opposite (doublethink) of their true functions: "The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation." (Part II, Chapter IX – "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism") The Ministry of Peace supports Oceania's perpetual war against either of the two other superstates: The primary aim of modern warfare (in accordance with the principles of doublethink, this
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