Elizabeth Finch: Julian Barnes’ novel fails to grasp the rudiments of Christianity
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Simon Thomas2022-05-22T10:24:00
The Booker Prize winning author Julian Barnes has supposedly written a “loving tribute to philosophy”. But our reviewer says his latest novel misunderstands what Christianity is all about
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