Through the Window Seventeen essays (and one short story)

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

"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