Letters from London

A sparkling collection of essays that illustrates the infinite variety of contemporary life in London—from the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending, "an exceptionally accomplished [and] ingenious stylist" (The New York Review of Books).

"A splended collection of journalism ... uniformly fine, closely observed and informative." —The Wall Street Journal

With brilliant wit, idiosyncratic intelligence, and a bold grasp of intricate political realities, the celebrated author of Flaubert's Parrot turns his satiric glance homeward to England."A splended collection of journalism ... uniformly fine, closely observed and informative." —The Wall Street JournalBorn in Leicester in 1946, Julian Barnes is the author of nine novels, a book of stories, and a collection of essays. He has won both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina, and in 1988 was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in London.Author of Flaubert's Parrot and A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters