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Mark Mustian

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Panama City, Florida, The United States

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Mark Mustian is the author of the novel The Gendarme, which was shortlisted for the Saroyan International Award for Writing, a finalist for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize, and won the Florida Gold Book Award for General Fiction. It has now been published in ten languages. His new novel, Boy With Wings, won the Grand Prize for Fiction from Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the Bronze Prize for Historical Fiction from Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), among a number of other honors. He is the founder of the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music in Tallahassee, Florida, and divides his time between Michigan and Florida with his wife and dog.

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	The Gendarme 3.74 avg rating — 2,113 ratings — published 2010 — 29 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
	Boy With Wings 3.84 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Return 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000	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
	Les Chemins d'Alep by Mark Mustian (Goodreads Author), Valérie Bourgeois (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory

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Mark Mustian said: " Everyone should read this--brilliant, earthy, and he's from Hosford, Florida! ...more "

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“Time stretches and calms, but still we reach, for we belonged then. We want to know. Sometimes that knowledge is painful, or inconvenient, or even damning. But it is essential. It exposes us for what we have been, and can be.”
― Mark Mustian, The Gendarme

tags: personal-history, self, self-discovery, time

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“The point of the story seemed to be that to think is to forget, to filter from the mind unnecessary.”
― Mark Mustian, The Gendarme

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“All the world, particularly the Ottoman world, seems swallowed in a sea of disruption. A war is being fought, over what, I am not certain, by combatants I cannot identify, in places I do not know. Lives are affected - [...]. Thing will change. At some point this city may become a battlefield, or a fortress, or a mortuary. People will leave and fight, suffer and die. And then what? I squint at the nearest grave and its inscription, trace the familiar words, Allahu ekkber. God is great. Among other things, a battle cry,”
― Mark Mustian, The Gendarme

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World War I came out on top in our theme poll so that will be our theme for our online retreat in March. This first poll is going to be a fiction poll. We will read 3 or 4 fiction books, depending on length. The top 3 (or 4) winners of the poll will be our fiction selections. We will have one non-fiction read and I will be asking for nominations in the discussion area. Last day to vote will be Tuesday, Oct. 22.

The Light Between Oceans

M.L. Stedman

8 votes, 30.8%

The Sandcastle Girls

Chris Bohjalian

4 votes, 15.4%

A Soldier of the Great War

Mark Helprin

3 votes, 11.5%

Dr. Zhivago

Boris Pasternak

3 votes, 11.5%

The Gendarme

Mark Mustian

3 votes, 11.5%

Fall of Giants

Ken Follett

2 votes, 7.7%

The Crimson Portrait

Jody Shields

2 votes, 7.7%

A Very Long Engagement

Sébastien Japrisot

1 vote, 3.8%

26 total votes

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