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TALE OF TWO LIVES Julian Barnes reads from his novel, “Arthur and George” (Knopf), an imagined account of the intertwined Victorian lives of the lawyer George Edalji and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
VIKINGS BY VIKING Judith Lindbergh reads from and signs her first novel, “The Thrall’s Tale” (Viking), about a woman born in captivity to an Irish Christian captured in a Viking raid. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
MEETING OF THE MINDS Hazel Rowley reads from and discusses her new book, “Tete a Tete” (HarperCollins), about the complicated decades-long love affair between the French philosophers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
HAMPTONS HUMOR Journalist Roger Rosenblatt presents a preview of his soon-to-be-released first novel, “Lapham Rising” (Ecco), a satire set in the Hamptons. A reception and book signing follow. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd Street, 212-534-1672 ext. 3395, $7 general, $5 seniors, students, and members.
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