THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2005 by Julian Barnes

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Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of The Random House Group Limited, London.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barnes, Julian.

Arthur & George / Julian Barnes.

p.  cm.

title: Arthur and George.

1. Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930—Fiction. 2. Horses—Crimes against—Fiction. 3. Racially mixed people—Fiction. 4. Children of clergy—Fiction. 5. Midlands (England)—Fiction. 6. Judicial error—Fiction. I. Title: Arthur and George. II. Title.

PR6052.A6657A84 2006

823′.914—dc22       2005048771

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

eISBN: 978-0-307-26466-4

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