These entries feature multiple images of the book and additional bibliographic details. Its mystery is as deeply embedded as the most archaic of memories." - Anita Brookner, Daily Telegraph "a highly wrought meditation on ageing, memory and regret" - Justine Jordan, The Guardian "it's a harsh tale rich in humane resonances" - Peter Kemp, The Sunday TimesĮDITIONS & TRANSLATIONS / INTERVIEWS / REVIEWSĮDITIONS & TRANSLATIONS NOTE: When possible, editions are linked to entries in the online Julian Barnes Bibliography.
His reputation will surely be enhanced by this book. And how do you carry on, contentedly, when events conspire to upset all your vaunted truths? "Its effect is disturbing - all the more so for being written with Barnes's habitual lucidity. The unexpected bequest conveyed by that letter leads Tony on a dogged search through a past suddenly turned murky. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. He gets along nicely, he thinks, with his one child, a daughter, and even with his ex-wife.
He's had a career and a marriage, a calm divorce. Until Adrian's life took a turn into tragedy, and all of them, especially Tony, moved on and did their best to forget. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they swore to stay friends forever. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they navigated the girl drought of gawky adolescence together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school.
It is the work of one of the world's most distinguished writers. The story of a man coming to terms with the mutable past, Julian Barnes's new novel is laced with his trademark precision, dexterity and insight.
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