Imagining Arthur Conan Doyle

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Julian Barnes describes his new novel, Arthur and George--about the lives of two young men (one of them Arthur Conan Doyle) in late-Victorian Britain.

» Read an excerpt of Arthur and George in the Reading Room

Events:
Julian Barnes readings:
Monday, January 30 at 8PM
92nd Street Y
Tuesday, Jan 31 at 7PM
Union Square Barnes & Noble

Music: “Will You Marry Me” and “Con’s Death” from the Original Film Soundtrack “Feast of July,” music composed by Zbigniew Preisner

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