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Category: Literary Fiction

8th March 20188th March 2018 mickysahi Drama, Literary Fiction

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Life was pretty normal for Tony Webster. Average achiever,  average everything. The enthusiasm and ambition that he had in his adolescence had long since petered out. He married, had a daughter, and grandchildren, mowed the lawn and went on holidays. “But time…how time first grounds us and then confounds us. We thought we were being […]

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  • The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
  • The Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962
  • Journey To The End Of The Night by L.F Celine
  • Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
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