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Before She Met Me
Julian Barnes
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Description for Before She Met Me
Paperback. Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre film actress. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011
Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre film actress. Soon Graham is pouncing on old clues, examining her books for inscriptions from past lovers, frequenting cinemas and poring over the bad movies she appeared in. It's not that he blames Anne for having a past before they met, but history has always mattered to him...
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099540076
SKU
V9780099540076
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99-44
About Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller ... Read more
Reviews for Before She Met Me
A short and brutally brilliant novel about a relationship ruined by jealousy, this is packed with acute observations about the nature of love
Metro
Frighteningly plausible... stunningly well done
Guardian
Funny, sad and faintly ominous...making jealousy tangible and dangerous
Spectator
An intelligent and addictive entertainment... Mr Barnes has succeeded in writing one of those ... Read more
Metro
Frighteningly plausible... stunningly well done
Guardian
Funny, sad and faintly ominous...making jealousy tangible and dangerous
Spectator
An intelligent and addictive entertainment... Mr Barnes has succeeded in writing one of those ... Read more