Julian Barnes' bibliophilia

       In The Guardian Julian Barnes recounts My life as a bibliophile.
       He seems to have long been a pretty diehard one, recognizing (just) how far his obsession went (goes ?):

I also bought books it made no sense to buy, either at the time or in retrospect -- like all three volumes (in first edition, with dust-wrappers, and definitely unread by the previous owner) of Sir Anthony Eden's memoirs. Where was the sense in that ?

       (Several Barnes titles are under review at the complete review, including his Man Booker-winning The Sense of an Ending.)