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      Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life

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      Motion - affectionate but undeceived about the man's frailties, a diligent researcher and a deft reader of poetry - has written an equally exemplary 'Life' of him.' Peter Conrad, Observer'Honest but not prurient, critical but also compassionate, Motion's book could not be bett...

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      Product ID:9780571346677
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
      Authors:Author: Sir Andrew Motion
      Page Count:640
      Subjects:Biography: general, Biography: general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, English
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      Motion - affectionate but undeceived about the man's frailties, a diligent researcher and a deft reader of poetry - has written an equally exemplary 'Life' of him.' Peter Conrad, Observer'Honest but not prurient, critical but also compassionate, Motion's book could not be bettered.' Alan Bennett, London Review of Books

      Philip Larkin: A Writer''s Life won the Whitbread Award for Biography in 1993 and was championed as ''an exemplary biography of its kind'' (The Times). With a new introduction written by the author, this edition offers an engrossing portrait of one of the twentieth century''s most popular, and most private, poets.

      ''There will be other lives of Larkin, but Motion''s, like Forster''s of Dickens, will always have a special place.'' John Carey, Sunday Times

      ''Larkin lived a quietly noble and exemplary version of the writer''s life; Motion - affectionate but undeceived about the man''s frailties, a diligent researcher and a deft reader of poetry - has written an equally exemplary ''Life'' of him.'' Peter Conrad, Observer

      ''Honest but not prurient, critical but also compassionate, Motion''s book could not be bettered.'' Alan Bennett, London Review of Books


      Imprint Name:Faber & Faber
      Publisher Name:Faber & Faber
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2018-09-06

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      Weight644 g
      Dimensions194 × 173 × 46 mm