Quote of the day
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Julian Barnes

Born: January 19, 1946 (age 79)
Bio: Julian Patrick Barnes is an English writer. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sense of an Ending, and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Flaubert's Parrot, England, England, and Arthur & George.
Known for:
- The Sense of an Ending (2011)
- Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
- Arthur & George (2005)
- The Noise of Time (2016)
- Levels of Life (2013)
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