What is this book about?
Tony Webster, a retired man, narrates the novel. He recalls how he and his group of school friends met Adrian Finn and vowed to remain friends for life. When the past catches up with him, he reflects on the paths that he and his friends have taken.
The book is divided into two parts. It is Julian Barnes’s eleventh novel under his own name.
Source: The Sense of an Ending
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