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Levels of life by julian barnes penguin books australia. Julian barnes is the author of twentythree previous books, for which he has received the man booker prize, the somerset maugham award, the geoffrey faber memorial prize, the david cohen prize for literature, and the e. You put together two things that have not been put together before. It is cut into three sections, three discrete chunks. A photo of her, embracing barnes, appears as the author photo on the back flap. Barnes won the man booker prize for his book the sense of an ending 2011, and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the booker prize. Julian barnes s new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief.
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