The Sense of an Ending: The classic Booker Prize-winning novel

The Sense of an Ending: The classic Booker Prize-winning novel

by JulianBarnes (Author), JulianBarnes (Author)

Synopsis

This title is winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011. 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. May be Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is retired. 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01 Mar 2012

ISBN 10: 0099564971
ISBN 13: 9780099564973
Book Overview: Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011 and a Sunday Times bestseller - this is a brilliant novel from a writer at the very height of his powers
Prizes: Winner of Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011. Shortlisted for Costa Novel Award 2011 and Galaxy National Book Awards: Waterstone's UK Author of the Year 2011. Long-listed for Warwick Prize for Writing 2013.

Media 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 *
Author Bio
Julian Barnes is the author of twelve novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and two books of non-fiction, Nothing to be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life. In 2017 he was awarded the Legion d'honneur.