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The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes
4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 4½ hrs. AudioGO. 2012. ISBN 9780792784647. $49.95; 4 CDs. retail ed.; digital download. F
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When we look back on our lives, what do we remember from our experiences? Tony's story starts and finishes with his school chums, one of whom commits suicide during his college years, and his first girlfriend. When he is contacted by someone from 40 years in his past, he must reexamine events, memories, causes, and results. The pacing is steady and the insights poignant, although the ending is a bit contrived. Narrator Richard Morant moves smoothly between the awkward, loud voice of an English schoolboy, the all-knowing college student, and the resigned elder.
VERDICT Barnes's 14th book and winner of the Man Booker Prize, this short novel will best appeal to readers of introspective literature. [The Knopf hc, published in October, was a New York Times best seller.—Ed.]
Reviewed by J. Sara Paulk, Wythe-Grayson Regional Lib., Independence, VA , May 01, 2012
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