George F. - 14 Dec

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Good Times In Dystopia

With Good Times In Dystopia , George F once more proves a perfect guide into the gorgeous, grimy underground of the UK and beyond at once a wry, detached observer and intoxicated agitator. This is writing at its most restless and urgent, a frenzied war cry guttural with booze, speed, nihilism and hope. In documenting his desperate battles against State, capital and inner demons, George has gifted us a raging response to the bleakness of our times.

Paul Case , Dead White Anarchists and The Rebel Chronicles

George F is a poet of the true underground, writing from a world many wish didnt exist. Hes that rarest thing: a writer who lives the reality they capture on the page.

Gary Budden , Hollow Shores

After the excellent Total Shambles , George F comes back with this beautifully written book. Good Times In Dystopia reads like a dystopian novel, yet it is a contemporary London story: it depicts the lives of a group of friends, London squatters with all the messiness, joy and despair one may wish from a good novel included in the package. A must read for everyone interested in Londons hidden history of squatting. If you liked Charles Bukowski, you will love George F.

Zofia Brom , Freedom News

Apocalyptic visions, battles & conditions. But for George F and compadres this is the everyday, the normal, the daily grind, THE STRUGGLE written about with insight, humour, & a passionate urgency. A savage resilience propels this blow-by-blow account of the life anarchic. Memorise this book then repeat it to friends, lovers, enemies & strangers. Georges stories of the precarious, collective struggle for survival and change are essential ingredients of a deadly serious battle. Dont fuck about. Read it and fight.

Paul Hawkins , Place, Waste, Dissent

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Text copyright: George F. 2018

ISBN: 978 1 78904 190 3
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018953743

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For Mierda & Sheize

good time
[gud-taim]

[noun]

1. the right moment to do something or for something to happen.
2. in legal terms, time deducted from an inmates sentence for good behaviour while in prison.

dystopia
[dis-toh-pee-uh]

[noun]

1. from the Greek - and , (alternatively, cacotopia , kakotopia , or simply anti-utopia ) is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is translated as not-good place, an antonym of utopia.
2. a society characterised by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease and overcrowding.

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.

St Augustine of Hippo