Arthur & George

A Nick Hern Book

This stage adaptation of Arthur & George first published in Great Britain in 2010 as a paperback original by Nick Hern Books Limited, The Glasshouse, 49a Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QP, in association with Nottingham Playhouse

This ebook first published in 2016

Arthur & Georgecopyright © 2005 Julian Barnes
First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 2005,
Vintage edition 2007

David Edgar has asserted his moral right to be identified as the author of this adaptation

Cover image by Indigo River
Cover design by Ned Hoste, 2H

Typeset by Nick Hern Books, London

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 84842 096 0 (print edition)
ISBN 978 1 78001 702 0 (ebook edition)

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