George Friel

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George Friel (15 July 1910 – 1975) was a Scottish writer. He was born in Glasgow as the fourth of seven children, and was educated at St. Mungo's Academy and the University of Glasgow. After a period of service in the army, he returned to the family home in Bishopbriggs and worked as a teacher until his death from cancer in 1975.{{cite book |last1=Kennaway |first1=James |title=Mr Alfred, M.A. |date=2010 |publisher=Canongate Books |isbn=9781847677976 |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=osheiQn1_7IC&pg=PT124 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |language=en}}

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The Boy Who Wanted Peace, Mr Alfred M.A. and Grace and Miss Partridge were published in 1999 as The Glasgow Trilogy by [https://web.archive.org/web/20071215184929/http://www.canongate.net/GeorgeFriel Canongate Books]. A collection of short stories was published in 1992 by Polygon under the title A friend of humanity and other stories.

Friel's fourth novel, Mr Alfred M.A., made it to the "100 Best Scottish Books of all Time" list.[http://www.list.co.uk/articles/100-best-scottish-books/show:100/ 100 Best Scottish Books]