# Talking It Over

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- Authors: [Julian Barnes](https://www.bookquiver.com/julian-barnes)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2013-09-05

## Description

From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes a novel of profound insight and comic flare. Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous singles night, where he meets Gillian, a picture restorer recovering from a destructive affair. Stuart's best friend Oliver is his complete opposite - a language teacher who 'talks like a dictionary', brash and feckless. Soon Stuart and Gillian are married, but it is not long before a tentative friendship between the three evolves into something far different. Talking it Over is a brilliant and intimate account of love's vicissitudes. It begins as a comedy of errors, then slowly darkens and deepens, drawing us compellingly into the quagmires of the heart.

## Editions

### Talking It Over

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9954-013-7
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2013-09-05
- Language: en_GB

### Talking It Over

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7973-687-5
- Pages: 288
- Published: 1992-10-27
- Language: en_US