Julian Barnes 
Letters From London 

With the same brilliant style and idiosyncratic intelligence that have marked all his novels–and with a bold grasp of intricate political realities–Julian Barnes’s ironic glance turns home. Letters from London takes in everything from Lloyd’s of London’s demise to Maggie’s majesty to Salman Rushie’s death sentence. Formidably articulate and outrageously funny, Letters from London is international voyeurism at its best–a peek into the British mindset from the vantage point of one of the most erudite and witty British minds.From the Trade Paperback edition.