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The Sense of an Ending : Winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize - Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

Winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize

By: Julian Barnes

Paperback | 1 March 2012 | Edition Number 1

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A brilliant short novel from a writer at the very height of his powers

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life.

Now Tony is in middle age. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove.

The Sense of an Ending is the story of one man coming to terms with the mutable past. Laced with trademark precision, dexterity and insight, it is the work of one of the world's most distinguished writers.

About the Author

Julian Barnes is the author of eleven novels, including The Sense of an Ending, Metroland, Flaubert's Parrot, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters and Arthur & George; three books of short stories, Cross Channel, The Lemon Table and Pulse; and also three collections of journalism, Letters from London, Something to Declare, and The Pedant in the Kitchen.
Industry Reviews
A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending * Daily Telegraph *
Mesmerising... the concluding scenes grip like a thriller - a whodunit of memory and morality * Independent *
A very fine book, skilfully plotted, boldly conceived... Barnes has achieved...something of universal importance -- Justin Cartwright * Observer *
A precise, poignant portrait of the costs and benefits of time passing, of friendship, of love. A small masterpiece -- Erica Wagner * The Times *
A wonderful story that is all too human and all so real * Irish Times *

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