The Sense of an Ending : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780307947727 : 0307947726 : 29 May 2012 : \"Tony Webster, a middle-aged man, contends with a past he never thought much about--until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. Tony thought he left this all behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world\"--Back cover.