Julian Barnes

The masterful Julian Barnes returns with an epic, complex, and fascinating tale of two men brought together by a third, fictional character: Sherlock Holmes. In the midst of grieving the death of his wife, Holmes’ creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is roused from a deep depression when he receives a letter from a man who has been wrongfully convicted of bizarre crimes, requesting the assistance of the writer (and his legendary deductive skills) in proving his innocence. Loosely based on true events, the tale unfolds so gracefully that the identity of the famous writer isn’t immediately obvious. Barnes manages to transform one of the most storied–and critically examined–personalities in literary history into a vivid figment of his own imagination, and turns this interesting historical episode into an engrossing mystery all his own.


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