the life anarchic
'Dodgy on the edge, or edgy on the dodge? Either way, George F’s thunderous declamation against the enforced poverty of those who choose to exist on the other side of the lines, and possibly beyond the pale, acts as a salutary lesson in the florid hardships and plain hard work of ‘alternative lifestyles’: you can make it if you can take it – few can.'
– Penny Rimbaud, Crass
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'A fantastic read for anyone interested in the underbelly of London.'
george f.
IN THE PRESS
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'Total Shambles is a fantastic piece of work, everything that writing should be – funny, moving, exciting, wild. A history lesson, a polemic, a picaresque adventure story, and, at big and pulsing heart, an attack on the shameless, state-encouraged worship of money and power and possessions and the tiny-mindedness and shrivelling of soul that is its consequence. Proof, if any more were needed, of the necessity of disobedience. It also contains the best description of a ketamine hit I’ve ever read.'
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NIALL GRIFFITHS, RUNT, GRITS, SHEEPSHAGGER
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'Life behind the Sitex door . . . a series of confrontations from the contested margins of urban living, full of stories about how to live when there is (apparently) nowhere to live.'
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GEORGE McKAY, SENSELESS ACTS OF BEAUTY, DIY CULTURE
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'A fantastic read for anyone interested in the underbelly of London.'
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'In the midst of the current occupy movements, protest rallies, sleep-ins and sleepovers is Total Shambles by George F . . . It’s a gritty, honest and often hilarious tale told from behind the barricades, which offers an autobiographical account of the struggles and triumphs faced by the disenfranchised and socially excluded from our society. It’s also a thorough guide to squatting which offers an astute social commentary on the unsympathetic government solutions to the housing crisis.'
BIO
George F. is a liar, gambler, pleasure-seeker and operator in foreign lands who has travelled extensively across Europe and Asia working with socially excluded groups ranging from the homeless to heroin addicts and street kids.
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His first book - Total Shambles - is a piece of creative nonfiction about direct action and self housing in the metropolis. It was published by Influx Press in 2015.
Currently squatting in London, he is working on a new series of zines of creative nonfiction, poetry and shitcore scribblings under the title of ANARCHOPORN.
ARTICLES
Tumbling Down Our Prisons & Our Utopias Alike
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A review of Peter Gelderloos' "To Get To The Other Side"
Better Squat Than Rot: Music For The Housing Crisis
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Playlist & article on squat-music for The Quietus
CONTACT
For any inquiries, bookings or orders please contact George F. directly.