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LONG WAY FOM HOLMES SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE DOES HIS OWN DETECTING IN BARNES' NEW NOVEL.(LIFESTYLE)

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From: The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Date: 20060203
Author:Thomas, Rob

Byline: Rob Thomas The Capital Times

The Arthur in Julian Barnes' new novel, "Arthur and George," is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of famed sleuth Sherlock Holmes.

But even though the book is something of a detective story, following Doyle's attempts to clear the name of a wrongfullly convicted man, don't expect it to be another Holmesian pastiche for Baker Street Irregulars only.

"I very much didn't want it to be one of those books for Holmesheads." Barnes, the author of "Flaubert's Parrot" and "Talking It Over," said in a recent telephone interview from New York ...

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