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George Henry

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in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, The United Kingdom

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Thriller, Suspense, Crime

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George is a well-travelled educator who loves the thrill of visiting foreign countries (about fifty so far) and experiencing their cultures. Besides history, cuisine and architecture, he is particularly fascinated by language and religion. (Nowhere will he not try to speak the language with the locals, whether they like it or not.) These are facets of human civilisation he likes to bring to his fast-paced thrillers, with a dash of the romance that is at the core of our existence thrown in.

George is a fan of the noir novels of writers such as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, in which self-destructive protagonists swim in a sea of corruption towards lose-lose situations on a distant dark shore. However, he's far more optimistic than tha ...more

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	Blood Rain in Trieste 4.55 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013 — 9 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
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Revenge: the desire to repay an injury or wrong
Luddite: a person who fears or loathes technology, especially new forms of technology that threaten existing jobs.
Neo-Luddites: a person who loathes technology that threatens the brain and the privacy of the individual. (I made that up.)

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Josiah Stubb: Interim (Josiah Stubb #2)

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