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George Friel

Born

in Glasgow, Scotland

July 15, 1910

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George Friel (1910 - 1975) was a Scottish writer. He was born in Glasgow as the fourth of seven children, and was educated at St. Mungo's Academy and the University of Glasgow. After a period of service in the army, he spent the rest of his life working as a teacher in Glasgow.

Friel's fourth novel, Mr. Alfred M.A., made it to the "100 Best Scottish Books of all Time" list. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 126 ratings · 17 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mr Alfred M.A. by George Friel, Douglas Gifford (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Glasgow Trilogy: The Boy Who Wanted Peace; Grace and Miss Partridge; Mr Alfred M.A. by George Friel, Gordon Jarvie (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Wanted Peace 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1964 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace and Miss Partridge 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bank of Time by George Friel, Gordon Jarvie (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1959 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Friend of Humanity and Other Stories 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wordplays 2 by Alan Durband (Editor), Christopher Bond, George Friel liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Empty House 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scottish Short Stories 1974 by George Mackay Brown (Contributor), Jeremy Bruce-Watt (Contributor), Tom Buchan (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1974	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chapman 65: Satirical Scotland by Joy Hendry (Editor), Innis Macbeath (Contributor), Matthew Fitt (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If you play Mr. Glasgow and that it's a fine warm-hearted city then you are kidding yourself, kidding the pubic, and pledging the future to no reform.”
― George Friel

tags: glasgow, kidding, reform, the-future

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