BOOK 117: THE SENSE OF AN ENDING:
JULIAN BARNES
The Sense of an Ending is a 2011
novel written by British author Julian Barnes. The book is
Barnes' eleventh novel written under his own name (he has also written crime
fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh)
and was released on 4 August 2011 in the United Kingdom. The Sense of an Ending
is narrated by a retired man named Tony Webster, who recalls how he and his
clique met Adrian Finn at school and vowed to remain friends for life. When the
past catches up with Tony, he reflects on the paths he and his friends have
taken. In October 2011, The Sense of an Ending was awarded the Man Booker Prize. The
following month it was nominated in the novels category at the Costa Book Awards.
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