By George

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<p>By George is the utterly original story of a flawed but formidable family - and of two very different boys. One is an eleven-year-old schoolboy, the other a ventriloquist's dummy. With no voice of his own but plenty to say, the dummy tells his life story; from his humble beginnings in the 1930s to his rise in fame as force's favourite during the war and the horrible secret he's been made to keep.</p><p>Years later, his self-possessed but vulnerable namesake finds himself packed off to boarding school, far from his mother Frankie, dynamic actress and Principal Boy; his grandma Queenie, children's party entertainer extraordinaire; and his bed-ridden but redoubtable great-grandmother.</p><p>While the dummy lies dusty, silent and forgotten, his young counterpart sets out to learn about his dead grandfather's past as a world-famous ventriloquist, his magical powers and their family's curious history.</p>

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<b>Wesley Stace</b>is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, the international bestseller<i>Misfortune</i>(2005) and<i>By George</i>(2007)<i>.</i>Stace is also a musician who, under the name John Wesley Harding, has released 15 albums ranging from traditional folk to pop music. The<i>Los Angeles Times</i>hailed his most recent pop release,<i>Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead,</i>as 'Bookshop Rock like no other... expertly tweaking the lyricist's game at every turn' while the<i>Wall Street Journal</i>praised the album's 'lyrics that dazzle without condescending'.

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