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The Porcupine

By Julian Barnes

By Julian Barnes

By Julian Barnes

By Julian Barnes

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Sep 28, 1993 | 160 Pages

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    About The Porcupine

    In his latest novel, Julian Barnes, author of Talking It Over and A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters, trains his laser-bright prose on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.

    Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range from corruption to political murder. Petkanov’s guilt — and the righteousness of his opponents — would seem to be self-evident. But, as brilliantly imagined by Barnes, the trial of this cunning and unrepentant dictator illuminates the shadowy frontier between the rusted myths of the Communist past and a capitalist future in which everything is up for grabs.

    About The Porcupine

    In his latest novel, Julian Barnes, author of Talking It Over and A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters, trains his laser-bright prose on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.

    Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range from corruption to political murder. Petkanov’s guilt — and the righteousness of his opponents — would seem to be self-evident. But, as brilliantly imagined by Barnes, the trial of this cunning and unrepentant dictator illuminates the shadowy frontier between the rusted myths of the Communist past and a capitalist future in which everything is up for grabs.

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    Also by Julian Barnes

    The Only Story
    Keeping an Eye Open
    The Noise of Time
    The Sense of an Ending (Movie Tie-In)
    Homage to Hemingway
    See all books by Julian Barnes

    About Julian Barnes

    Julian Barnes is the author of twenty-two previous books, most recently The Noise of Time. He received the Man Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending, and has also received the Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize,… More about Julian Barnes

    About Julian Barnes

    Julian Barnes is the author of twenty-two previous books, most recently The Noise of Time. He received the Man Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending, and has also received the Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize,… More about Julian Barnes

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $13.95
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 28, 1993 | 160 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679744825

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 15, 2011 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9780307797896

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    Praise

    "Barnes’s novels have a mesmeric charm and an air of dangerous simplicity …. [He is] an exceptionally accomplished and ingenious stylist."
    — The New York Review of Books

    "Gripping … Barnes relates this compelling story with his usual narrative brio, sketching his characters with the broad, colorful strokes of a mythic allegory."
    — The New York Times

    "Barnes is a dazzling mind in mercurial flight."
    — Philadelphia Inquirer

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