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Considered by many to be Elkin's magnum opus, George Mills is, an ambitious, digressive and endlessly entertaining account of the 1,000 year history of the George Millses. From toiling as a stable boy during the crusades to working as a furniture mover, there has always been a George Mills whose lot in life is to serve important personages. But the latest in the line of true blue-collar workers may also be the last, as he obsesses about his family's history and decides to break the cycle of doomed George Millses. An inventive, unique family saga, George Mills is Elkin at his most manic, most…
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 1991Thunder's Mouth Pr · 9781560250197
- Paperback · English · 1983Plume · 9780525480631
- Other · English · 2003Dalkey Archive Press · 9781564782922
- Other · English · 1982Avon · 518 pages · 9780380728992
- Other · English · 1982Dutton · 508 pages · 9780525241416
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