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<p><P>Two years ago, singer-songwriter Wesley Stace blew onto the literary scene with his bold and free-wheeling Dickensian comedy <b>Misfortune</b>. Now, he is back with another wonderfully entertaining and inventive novel. <b>By George </b>is the twistingstory of four generations of the curious Fisher family, as told by two boys named George Fisher: one, a schoolboy in the 1970s; the other, a ventriloquist's dummy in the second World War. It's a story of love, loss and family ties, and of two boys separated by years but driven by the same desires: to find a voice, and to be loved.<P><b></b>Praise for BY GEORGE:<P>"<b>By George </b>is one of those rare works of fiction with an essential triple helix — it's funny, it's clever and it's perfectly woven together with story. If writing is how we imagine not being lobely, as Wesley Stace suggests, then his conjuring trick as a writer is that he brings a large crowd along with him. This is a wonderful follow-up to his debut novel, <b>Misfortune</b>" — Colum McCann, author of <b>Zoli</b>and <b>Dancer</b><P>"Filled with wit, warmth and imagination... Stace amasses enough gently ironic humor, emotion and insight to car
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Stace, Wesley
- Publisher
- New York: Back Bay Books
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316145503
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.68 / 5 (38 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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