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>I find it intriguing that Julian Barnes elected to >turn HIMSELF into a fictional person, complete with an >invented history and to write detective novels as this >new character. > >Perhaps it was a way of making a part of his life >(and, thus, of himself) into a fictional character too >-- something which most of us these days are good at >doing anyway. An author who does this, however, >immediately creates a hall of mirrors for the reader: >this is Barnes, writing as the character "Dan," in the >first person, who is himself writing as the character >"Duffy," who is a detective ... > >All of this seems like clever French-lit stuff, except >that I don't eat souffle and I seem to remember much >of the same game-playing from good, solid, dependable >English writers like Fowles (see the story "Enigma" >and the brief essay "The John Fowles Club"); or >bizarre writers from outlandish places, like Borges >(see "Borges y Yo"). > >What is all this nonsense? Is it un-British? Should >Barnes go into politics? > >My favorite Barnes novels are: "England, England"; >"Flaubert's Parrot," and "Love, etc."

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