Julian Barnes
Pulse
67%
The stories in Julian Barnes' long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of…
The Sense of an Ending
57%
Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would…
Cross Channel
85%
No one has a better perspective on life on both sides of the channel than Julian Barnes. In these…
Flaubert's Parrot
86%
Flaubert's Parrot is a massive lumber room of detail about the great man: in it we learn an…
Love, Etc
87%
In Talking it Over Gillian and Stuart were married until Oliver — witty, feckless Oliver — stole…
Metroland
69%
Paris, spring 1968. Christopher is fully occupied reveling in first lust. Just a short Metro ride…
A History of the World In 10 1/2 Chapters
76%
Beginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, «A History of the World…
Before She Met Me
66%
Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than…
Talking it Over
85%
Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous singles night,…
Staring at the Sun
88%
Staring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree…
Nothing to be Frightened of
96%
'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him'. Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family…
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
85%
Two years after the best-selling Arthur & George, Julian Barnes gives us a memoir on mortality that…
England, England
67%
As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of White. Grotesque,…
Arthur and George
76%
Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th-century Britain: Arthur in…
Cross Channel
85%
These stories are clever, wise, reflective and permeated with understanding of what it has meant…
Staring at the Sun
88%
A fighter pilot, high above the English Channel in 1941, watches the sun rise; he descends 10,000…
The Pedant in the Kitchen
65%
This work is an elegant account of Julian Barnes' search for gastronomic precision. It is a quest…