Changing My Mind

‘Provocative and entertaining.’

‘The Booker Prize winner, now 79 years old, offers a witty, personal reflection on the ways we continually convince ourselves that “we are consistent human beings rather than seaweed tossed around by the tides.” ’

‘It’s always heartening, given shortened attention spans, to find that the long essay still exists in book form. And hats off to Notting Hill Editions which still commissions contemporary authors to write them. Julian Barnes’s Changing My Mind is a pleasing example of the genre.’

‘Exploring how he has changed (or not changed) his mind over the decades on politics, books, age and memories, Barnes offers a short autobiography of his mind, as well as providing some fascinating insights into the society we have become . . . The writing is as typically elegant as is to be expected from Barnes’