Arthur and George by Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes

Leading British novelist, author of Flaubert’s Parrot

Julian Barnes (1946- ) is one of Britain’s most famous contemporary writers. Three of his novels – Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), England, England (1998) and Arthur and George (2005) have been short listed for the Man Booker Prize. Arthur and George examines the converging lives of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Birmingham solicitor George Edalji, convicted for maliciously wounding a pit-pony in his home village of Great Wyrley in Staffordshire in 1903. The novel has been translated into several languages. Leading playwright David Edgar has adapted the story for the stage.