The Book of George

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We all know a George. He's the kind of guy who's brimming with potential but incapable of following through; he doesn't know if he's in love with his girlfriend, but he certainly likes having her around; he's distant from - but still reliant on - his mother; he swears he'll finish his novel one day.

Sure, you might find him disappointing. But no one is more disappointed in George than George himself.

As funny as it is astute and as singular as it is universal, The Book of George is a deft, unexpectedly moving never-coming-of-age tale and a portrait of one man, but also countless others.

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A mordantly wry examination of one disgruntled mans life. . . . Greatheads portrayal of an aggrieved white man struggling to find his place in the world is as much a portrait of an unsuccessful artist as a young man as it is a portrait of our times.

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Kate Greathead is the author of Laura & Emma. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and on PRXs The Moth Radio Hour. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, the writer Teddy Wayne, and their children.