1984 is such a great book, have you read it?
I have! It is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell
Oh, he's English! That's interesting. What else do you know about it?
If I recall the story is set in Airstrip One, formerly Great Britain, a province of the superstate Oceania, whose residents are victims of perpetual war, 
Oh yes, and what are the regular people called? The proles? I don't know something with a P.
It is just a really good read. The tyranny is ostensibly overseen by a mysterious leader known as Big Brother,
Oh I see. What was the main characters name?
I think the protagonist of the novel is called Winston Smith