Mr Barnes doesn't do it for me. Luckily for him, he is adored by everyone else.
Julian Barnes became a widower in 2008 when his wife died of a brain tumour at age 68 . Pat Kavanagh was a brilliant and well respected literary agent. They had been together, off and on but mostly on, for over 30 years. The first two sections of the book, on the early days of ballooning, are mild...