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Also Known As Julian Patrick Barnes • Edward Pygge • Dan Kavanagh
Born January 19, 1946 (age 79) • Leicester • England
Notable Works “Arthur & George” • “Elizabeth Finch” • “Flaubert’s Parrot” • “Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art” • “Levels of Life” • “Nothing to Be Frightened Of” • “Pulse” • “Something to Declare” • “The Lemon Table” • “The Man in the Red Coat” • “The Noise of Time” • “The Only Story” • “The Pedant in the Kitchen” • “The Sense of an Ending” • “Through the Window”

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