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George Mills

by Stanley Elkin, Chris Lehmann
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Lives of George Mills for 1000 years.

"George Mills" by Stanley Elkin could be a good read for those who enjoy inventive and unique family sagas. This book tells the story of the George Mills family line, which has been serving important people for over 1000 years. The latest in the line, however, becomes obsessed with his family's doomed history and decides to break the cycle. Elkin's writing style is described as manic, comic, and poignant, making this book an entertaining and emotional journey through one family's history.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1982)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

George Mills

by Stanley Elkin, Chris Lehmann
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ISBN: 9781564782922
Authors: Stanley Elkin, Chris Lehmann
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Date of Publication: 2003-05-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.74
(rated by 143 readers)

Description

An ambitious, digressive, and endlessly entertaining account of the thousand-year history of the George Millses, George Mills is the antithesis to the typical Horatio Alger story. Since the First Crusade, there has always been a George Mills, who―despite his best efforts―is unable to improve his position in life or that of his descendants. Instead, all the George Millses are forced to accept their lot as true blue-collar workers, serving important personages in a series of odd jobs ranging from horse talker in a salt mine to working as a furniture mover in contemporary St. Louis. But the latest in the long line of George Millses may also be the last, as he obsesses about his family’s history and determines that he will be the one to break this doomed cycle of servitude.
 

Lives of George Mills for 1000 years.

"George Mills" by Stanley Elkin could be a good read for those who enjoy inventive and unique family sagas. This book tells the story of the George Mills family line, which has been serving important people for over 1000 years. The latest in the line, however, becomes obsessed with his family's doomed history and decides to break the cycle. Elkin's writing style is described as manic, comic, and poignant, making this book an entertaining and emotional journey through one family's history.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1982)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.