Arthur and George - Barns' travels

Author: Julian Barnes Category: Novel Publisher: Kalimat (Dubai) Cover type: Hardcover Publication year: 2023 Number of pages: 469 About the book: The events of the novel revolve around two English personalities: Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the creator of the famous Sherlock Holmes character. and George Edalji (1876-1953): a lawyer, whose father was a priest of the parish in Great Wyrley area, with Indian origins, while his mother was Scottish. The police conduct an investigation into heinous animal mutilation incidents in the agricultural land of Great Wyrley, and another investigation into messages filled with hatred and hostility sent anonymously to the parish priest's house. The investigations end with accusing George Edalji and convicting him in court of those crimes. Then we see Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, embodying the character of Sherlock Holmes, investigating the incidents and their circumstances, meeting George, his family, and witnesses, and stirring public opinion through newspapers about the injustice that befell them. But there is much that neither of them knows about the other: Was what happened to George Edalji caused by racism against his Indian origins? And why does a genius doctor and writer like Arthur Conan Doyle believe in summoning spirits?