Julian Barnes has finally won Britain’s most prestigious literary award. This was the writer’s fourth time as a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. Up against what many critics considered a relatively thin group of competitors, Barnes, who once famously referred to the Booker as “posh bingo,” was widely expected to win the 50,000 British-pound prize (about $78,580) for his 11th novel, “The Sense of an Ending.” Read full article >>