FICTION

The Book of George

Holt. Oct. 2024. 272p. ISBN 9781250351029. $28.99. F
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George is a guy like any guy—any human really; limited simply by who he is. He’d like to be better, but just isn’t. He grows up; he screws up; he’s in and out of a relationship with his (sometime) girlfriend, Jenny…mostly out. He manages, through some freakish luck, to score a starring role in a hit Super Bowl commercial, and the money that has eluded him for so long finally rolls in. Naturally, it rolls right out again when he lets himself be talked into investing the whole pile in Bitcoin. Nevertheless, in spite of his frustrating inability to catch fire, George is admirable for his insistence, his never-say-die attitude, his inability to be anything but true to who he is. Even his failed relationship with Jenny, which ends in both going their separate ways, is something of a qualified success.
VERDICT Greathead’s (Laura & Emma) latest, which follows the title character from childhood to middle age, is a warm-hearted and gently humorous examination of a chronic failure. Left open to question is what happens to George next? Sequel?
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