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ISBN-10: 1400097037
ISBN-13: 9781400097036
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: 01/09/2007
Dimensions: 8.00" L, 5.22" W, 0.97" H

Arthur & George

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER – BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST – From the bestselling author of The Sense of an Ending comes an “extraordinary … first rate” novel (The New York Times Book Review) that follows the lives of two very different British men and explores the grand tapestry of late-Victorian Britain.

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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Reviews
"Extraordinary.... First rate.... A cracking good yarn."
–The New York Times Book Review

"An absorbing fictional re-creation of a real-life detective story.... A finely evocative historical novel as well as a morally and psychologically astute glimpse into the worlds of two men."
–Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Masterly throughout.... The author keeps the reader on edge."
–The Washington Post Book World

"Deeply satisfying.... From the first chapter, Barnes has us in his thrall." -San Francisco Chronicle

"A page-turner.... Arthur & George is by far Mr. Barnes's most pressurized novel to date." –The Wall Street Journal

"Utterly absorbing, beautifully crafted.... Rich and immensely readable.... A stream of flawless, driving sentences.... A great novel." –O, The Oprah Magazine

"A marvelous book." –Entertainment Weekly, "A"

"His most engrossing novel ever." –Jay McInerney, The New York Observer

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Details

ISBN-10: 1400097037
ISBN-13: 9781400097036
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: 01/09/2007
Dimensions: 8.00" L, 5.22" W, 0.97" H
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