Through the Window: Seventeen Essays and a Short Story (Vintage International)
"So elegant is Barnes' prose that it's easy to overlook his comic talents...this is Barnes cementing his reputation as a lively, curious reader as well as one of Britain's best living writers." -- Tom Cox Sunday Times, Books of the Year "Engaging, eloquent, entertaining and erudite... There is a capacious generosity throughout this book, and I would defy anyone not to leave without feeling both better informed and better disposed... It is rare indeed for a collection of occasional pieces such as this to inspire feelings of profound thankfulness." -- Stuart Kelly Scotsman "A truly wonderful collection." Sunday Times "The book relies on stylish intelligence and cool calm to accomplish its mastery. This is a coquettish book. Barnes flatters readers into feeling that they may be as shrewd, discriminating and attractive as he is." -- Richard Davenport-Hines Spectator "A devastatingly brilliant critic." -- Olivia Laing Prospect--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.