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A special celebratory edition to mark the 21st birthday of Vintage books.
A trip to London reminds a man how things have moved on.
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. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. In France he is the only writer to have won both the Prix Médicis (for Flaubert's Parrot) and the Prix Femina (for Talking it Over). He was awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2004, the David Cohen Prize for Literature and the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011. He lives in London.
An extraordinary true-life tale from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes
A brilliant, discursive, very funny book about death and the fear of death, god, nature, nurture and the author's childhood. The closest thing to a memoir Barnes will ever write.
'A brilliant piece of satire' (Observer) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes
'I cannot remember when I enjoyed a first novel more' Daily Telegraph
'A remarkably original and subtle novel' Frank Kermode, New York Review of Books
'An intricate and delightful novel' (Graham Greene) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes
'Teasing fullness, wit, incisiveness, gentleness and generosity' Times Literary Supplement
'Funny, ironic, erudite, surprising, and not afraid to take a dive overboard into the depths of sorrow and loss. My novel of the year' Nadime Gordimer
'Few writers think and talk to beguilingly. This book is wonderfully funny. And intelligent. And moving' Independent on Sunday
'Superbly humane in its moral concerns...an excellent novel' The Times