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Julian barnes has written a work of fiction, that is not really history in the strictest sense of the word. Julian barnes is the author of twentythree previous books, for which he has received the man booker prize, the somerset maugham award, the geoffrey. Barnes obsession with history and its telling comes out in this book too, but. A history may be ultimately undefinable, but it is thoughtful, often funny and never less than fascinating.
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