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He’s written thirteen novels, several collections of short stories and essays, lots of journalism plus, in his early days, four crime novels under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. Three of his earlier novels (Flaubert’s Parrot, England, England and Arthur and George) were shortlisted for the Booker before he won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 for The Sense of an Ending. The head judge said it was ‘exquisitely written, subtly plotted and reveals new depths with each readin … We thought it was a book that spoke to humankind in the 21st century.’ I’ll have to focus on just a handful of his books.