The Sense of an Ending

Summary

Tony Webster, a comfortably retired Englishman, is forced to revisit a university friendship and a youthful romance when an unexpected bequest exposes how badly he has misremembered his own life. Barnes writes in a quiet, ironic voice that gradually turns the screw on his narrator's complacency. The result is a slim, devastating study of memory, responsibility, and the stories we tell to protect ourselves.