![]() 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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