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As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find themselves in a vast and complex world at the heart of the British Empire. Years later - one struggling with his identity in a world hostile to his ancestry, the other creating the world’s most famous detective while in love with a woman who is not his wife - their fates become inextricably connected.
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Arthur & George, Julian Barnes
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Arthur & George
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Julian Barnes
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0224078771
- ISBN13
- 9780224078771
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, School, British Literature, Detective Fiction, England, Faith, Great Britain, Parenthood, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Marriage, London, Race, Racism, Childhood, Writers, Prison, Scandals and Affairs, Biographical novels, Villages, Court, Court Trials, Adapted into Series, Sherlock Holmes, Edinburgh
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- Arthur & George
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find themselves in a vast and complex world at the heart of the British Empire. Years later - one struggling with his identity in a world hostile to his ancestry, the other creating the world’s most famous detective while in love with a woman who is not his wife - their fates become inextricably connected.