Check RCPL Catalog“As all Sherlockians know, in 1906 Arthur Conan Doyle took on the case of George Edalji, a reserved young lawyer, half Scottish and half Indian, who was wrongly accused of mutilating animals–and in the process helped set up Britain’s Court of Appeals. Perhaps it is not so surprising that the author of Flaubert’s Parrot would choose to reconstruct not just this case but the lives of both participants; what is surprising is the almost deadpan way he does it–and that his approach works so well. Barnes tells the life stories of Arthur and George with almost clinical precision, alternating between them from school age on. The storm gathers slowly…A beautifully modulated work; highly recommended.” – Library Journal
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I, too, am reading “Arthur and George”. It was given to me as a Christmas present by my boss, of all people, who knows I am a devotee of all things Conan Doyle. Although I’m only on page 100 or so, I must say I’m enjoying it very much. Barnes is an excellent author, with a love of language which reminds me of John Banville.
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