The Porcupine

In the novel “The Porcupine” (never before published in Russian as a book and previously available only in a magazine publication), the events unfold in one of the Eastern European countries after the fall of the communist regime. The main plot intrigue is unprecedented in history: an open and public trial of the former president, who has been removed from office…

Booker Prize laureate Julian Barnes is one of the brightest and most original prose writers of contemporary Britain, author of international bestsellers such as “England, England,” “Flaubert’s Parrot,” “A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters,” “Love, etc.,” “Metro-land,” and many others. Perhaps his main talent is the ability to play with styles and literary directions in his works easily and naturally. Delicate pastiche and biting irony, refined lyricism and cynicism-reaching sarcasm, aggressive harshness and cheerful mischief—Barne’s talent can do all of this and much more…