Reviews
"An alarmingly perfect novel.... Barnes's verbal mimicry is inventive, accomplished, revelatory, and also fun." -- The New York Review of Books "Lively, lucid, ricocheting with wryly observed commentary on the human condition." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "Painfully astute.... Barnes sharpens his insights with his penetrating wit and verbal virtuosity." -- The Washington Post "Julian Barnes ... [is an] ironist, artificer, psychologically flirtatious pool shark, a maestro who runs the table with his Rashomon variations." -- The New York Times Book Review, "An alarmingly perfect novel . . .. Barnes's verbal mimicry is inventive, accomplished, revelatory, and also fun." The New York Review of Books "Lively, lucid, ricocheting with wryly observed commentary on the human condition."Philadelphia Inquirer "Painfully astute . . .. Barnes sharpens his insights with his penetrating wit and verbal virtuosity."The Washington Post "Julian Barnes...[is an] ironist, artificer, psychologically flirtatious pool shark, a maestro who runs the table with his Rashomon variations."The New York Times Book Review, "An alarmingly perfect novel . . .. Barnes's verbal mimicry is inventive, accomplished, revelatory, and also fun." The New York Review of Books "Lively, lucid, ricocheting with wryly observed commentary on the human condition." Philadelphia Inquirer "Painfully astute . . .. Barnes sharpens his insights with his penetrating wit and verbal virtuosity." The Washington Post "Julian Barnes...[is an] ironist, artificer, psychologically flirtatious pool shark, a maestro who runs the table with his Rashomon variations." The New York Times Book Review
