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Format: Paperback, Abridged-CD
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published: Jan 2007
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $16.00
Pages: 448
Set against the backdrop of the British Empire, an intriguing novel by the author of Flaubert's Parrot chronicles the lives of two boys--George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, growing up in Edinburgh--one who is forgotten by history, and one who becomes the creator of the world's most famous detective, as they pursue their separate destinies until they meet in a remarkable alliance. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.