Books like the sense of an ending

The Sense of an Endingis a 2011 novel written by British author Julian Barnes. The book is Barnes' eleventh novel written under his own name (he has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh) and was released on 4 August 2011 in the United Kingdom.The Sense of an Endingis narrated by a retired man named Tony Webster, who recalls how he and his clique met Adrian Finn at school and vowed to remain friends for life. When the past catches up with Tony, he reflects on the paths he and his friends have taken. In October 2011,The Sense of an Endingwas awarded the Man Booker Prize. The following month it was nominated in the novels category at the Costa Book Awards.

The Sense of an Endingis Barnes' eleventh novel and was released in hardback on 4 August 2011.The Sense of an Endingis published by Random House (as a Jonathan Cape publication) in the United Kingdom. The book was released in October 2011 in the United States, after its previously-scheduled publication date for the United States was brought forward by three months by Random House's Knopf publishing group to capitalise on the shortlisting of the book as a candidate for the Booker prize. Suzanne Dean designed the cover forThe Sense of an Ending. The cover shows floating dandelion seeds, with the edges of the page blackened.