11/04/20112011 by Anthony Lawton
On being awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature a few days ago, Julian Barnes said:
It seems to me that the practice of reading is currently more under threat than the practice of writing. There will always be young writers; will there always be young readers? Our literacy levels are falling, and – disgracefully – public libraries are threatened with closure.
"An impish ... irreverent writer of genius" (The Guardian)
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