Rereading Julian's "The Sense of an Ending"

Saw the film a month ago or so and have been meaning to reread the novel. Get a sense of the literary vs the cinematic. Which could lead to a reviewing of the film. Ad infinitum.

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A "condensed" quote re History (good licks throughout the book). I won't try to right the formatting wrong. Sorry, Julian.

“History is the lies of the victors,” I replied, a little too quickly. “Yes, I was rather afraid you’d say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. Simpson?” Colin was more prepared than me. “History is a raw onion sandwich, sir.” “For what reason?” “It just repeats, sir. It burps. We’ve seen it again and again this year. Same old story, same old oscillation between tyranny and rebellion, war and peace, prosperity and impoverishment.” “Rather a lot for a sandwich to contain, wouldn’t you say?” We laughed far more than was required, with an end-of-term hysteria. “Finn?” “ ‘History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.’ ” “Is it, indeed? Where did you find that?” “Lagrange, sir. Patrick Lagrange. He’s French.” “So one might have guessed."