Author Julian Barnes confirms new novel will be his last

Booker prize winner, 80, says he has reached point of having played all my tunes' after new book Departure(s)

The Booker prize-winning author, Julian Barnes, has confirmed his new novel, Departure(s), will be his last book, saying that he has the sense that I've played all my tunes".

Barnes, who celebrates his 80th birthday on Monday and whose works over a 45-year career include 15 novels and 10 works of nonfiction, said: One way of thinking about how long you go on is, As long as they'll still publish you'.