Memoir merges with fiction as the author reflects on failed love, ageing and the end of life in this last instalment to his writing career Memoir merges with fiction as the author reflects on failed love, ageing and the end of life in this last instalment to his writing career J ulian Barnes tells us that this is his final book, so that’s one departure accounted for – the last instalment of a writing career spanning 45 years, encompassing novels and short stories, memoirs and essays, biography,