Down at the pub with Julian ELIZABETH RENZETTI meets novelist Julian Barnes in his local boozer to chew over his Booker Prize front-runner, Arthur & George, and an anticipated night of 'public brutality' on Monday when the winner is announced
14th Oct 2006, 03:36 GMT
The neighbourhood of Ealing, west London, is perhaps best known for the comedies of the 1950s that were filmed in the famous studio there -- sinister comedies, with a touch of bile, like The Ladykillers. The good people of Ealing apparently share this darkly comic sensibility, Julian Barnes discovered when he read there the other night from his novel Arthur and George. (Globe Insider subscribers only)
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