Episode 4
Forty years on: baffled by the legacy left to him by Veronica's mother, Tony manages to get in touch with his former girlfriend to ask for an explanation.
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.
Forty years on: baffled by the legacy left to him by Veronica's mother, Tony manages to get in touch with his former girlfriend to ask for an explanation.
Read by Julian Barnes
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Thu 11 Aug 201122:45BBC Radio 4
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