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Alex George

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Alex George is a writer, a bookseller, a director of a literary festival, and a lawyer. He was born in England, but presently lives in the midwest of America.

His novel, A Good American, was published by Amy Einhorn Books, an imprint of Penguin/Putnam, in February 2012. It was a #1 Indie Next Pick, a Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers Pick, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, a Midwest Connections Pick, and a a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. It was a national and international bestseller.

Setting Free The Kites was published in 2017, also by Penguin. It was an Indie Next Pick, a Barnes and Noble Best Fiction Pick, a Library Reads Choice and a Midwest Connection Pick.

His latest novel, The Paris Hours, will be published by Flatiron Boo
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The Paris Hours paperback has arrived!

Funny how times flies when (a) you’re having fun or (b) you’re mired in a once-in-a-generation pandemic.

Hard though it is to believe, it’s been nearly a year since The Paris Hours was published – which means it’s almost time for the paperback to make its way out into the world and into the hands (we all hope) a new batch of readers. The book comes out on May 4. If you’re so minded, you can order i

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“When he left us, he stole all the words.”
Alex George, Setting Free the Kites

“But love and pain are two sides of the same coin. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes that's how we know we're alive.”
Alex George, Setting Free the Kites

“We are all immigrants, a glorious confection of races and beliefs, united by the rock that we live on. As the years wash over us and new generations march into the future, family histories are subsumed into the greater narrative. We become, simply, Americans.”
Alex George, A Good American

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Eric Birk Thank you for becoming my Goodreads friend.
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Gary Thanks for becoming my friend. I was wondering if you plan to do a booksigning in St. Louis? Date and location? I would love to hear you read your book,and discuss it. I have been telling all my friends about what a great book this is.....

Again thanks.... oh yeah...I assume you are a Hemingway fan?


AWBookGirl I'm interested to hear what you think of the Magicians. I read it last year.


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