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George Falls Through Time

A Novel

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GEORGE FALLS THROUGH TIME IS. . .

"Incredibly entertaining and intelligent." —GARRARD CONLEY

"Big-hearted and inspired." —STEVEN ROWLEY

"Funny, surprising, profound." —GRANT GINDER

"Unputdownable." —LUNA MCNAMARA

Less meets the year 1300 in this exhilarating and thoughtfully genre-defying literary novel about a man transported through time in a moment of extreme stress, whose modern anxieties are replaced by medieval brutalities

Newly laid off George’s internet bill is in his ex-boyfriend’s name. He’s got a spider-infested apartment, and two of the six dogs he’s walking in London have just escaped. It’s pure undiluted stress that sends him into a spiral, all the way to the year 1300.

When he comes to, George recognizes the same rolling hills of Greenwich Park. But the luxuries and phone service of modernity are nowhere. In their place are locals with a bizarre, slanted speech in awe of his foreign clothes, who swiftly toss him in a dungeon. Despite the barbarity of a medieval world, a servant named Simon helps George acclimate to a simpler, easier existence—until a summons from the King threatens to send his life up in flames.

George Falls Through Time is as much an inward journey as an outward one: an immersive exploration of identity and dislocation that pits present-day sensibilities against a raw and alien backdrop, a strangely perfect canvas for the absurd anxieties of our modern lives. It's a profound meditation on the nature of desire perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and The Ministry of Time.

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Editorial Review

What year is it again?
Here I was, feeling disoriented after waking up with the realization that it’s already 2026. Meanwhile, try being George (a delightful exercise to imagine, thanks to Samuel Barnett’s fantastic narration). One moment he’s walking his dogs in modern-day London, the next he’s transported to the Middle Ages. Such a conundrum causes him to grapple with everything from physical torture to the vestigial chatter of his dumb modern anxieties (though it’s not all so bad, thanks to a chivalrous serf with dazzling curls who introduces a steamy, queer sub-plot). It’s clear that the author, who is also an avid knitter, has a knack for cozy—making the warm embrace of this quirky novel exactly what I needed to ease back into my listening routine. —Haley H., Audible Editor

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I did not expect to love this book as much as I did, it was cleverly written, provoking thoughts on what we actually need in our lives, what’s important and who. I loved it, give it a go, I think you will too.

Brilliant, thought provoking and beautiful.

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