Episode 2
The friends have dispersed to university where Tony finally acquires a girlfriend, Veronica. He is invited to spend a weekend at her family's home in Chiselhurst.
Julian Barnes' new novel challenges the stories we tell about our own lives and the interpretations we put on events in order to construct a version we can live with.
The friends have dispersed to university where Tony finally acquires a girlfriend, Veronica. He is invited to spend a weekend at her family's home in Chiselhurst.
Read by Julian Barnes
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Tue 9 Aug 201122:45BBC Radio 4
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