A wonderful story that is all too human and all so real * Irish Times * A precise, poignant portrait of the costs and benefits of time passing, of friendship, of love. A small masterpiece -- Erica Wagner * The Times * A very fine book, skilfully plotted, boldly conceived... Barnes has achieved...something of universal importance -- Justin Cartwright * Observer * Mesmerising... the concluding scenes grip like a thriller - a whodunit of memory and morality * Independent * A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending * Daily Telegraph *.
