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  • Published: 1 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9780099540168
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $26.99

Love, Etc




A 'wonderfully entertaining' novel (The Times) from Man Booker Prize-winner Julian Barnes

From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes the highly entertaining sequel to Talking it Over.


In Talking it Over Gillian and Stuart were married until Oliver - witty, feckless Oliver - stole Gillian away. In Love, etc Julian Barnes revisits the three of them, using the same intimate technique of allowing the characters to speak directly to the reader, to whisper their secrets, to argue for their version of the truth. Darker and deeper than its predecessor, Love, etc is a compelling exploration of contemporary love and its betrayals.

  • Published: 1 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9780099540168
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $26.99

About the author

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 Levels of Life and The Man in the Red Coat, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Duff Cooper Prize. In 2017 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur.

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