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Selected poems from one of the nation's best-loved poets, edited by Martin Amis.
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For the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. Drawing on Larkin's four collections and on his uncollected poems. Chosen by Martin Amis.
'Many poets make us smile; how many poets make us laugh - or, in that curious phrase, "laugh out loud" (as if there's another way of doing it)? Who else uses an essentially conversational idiom to achieve such a variety of emotional effects? Who else takes us, and takes us so often, from sunlit levity to mellifluous gloom?... Larkin, often, is more than memorable: he is instantly unforgettable.' - Martin Amis
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
You are going to enjoy this little gem of a book if you choose to buy it: it is a genuine gem. Larkin offers insights into the human condition like no other poet: wonderful poetry that seems so utterly authentic, written in a unique style that seems so utterly straightforward (and yet which carries such depth, too).
The foreword by Martin Amis is substantial and enjoyable. He offers good reasons why Larkin is still such a very popular poet and gives a well-considered redress to the sly negativity that Andrew Motion's biography stirred up a decade or so ago. Larkin's poems themselves will always rise above such as that.
Well worth buying - a treasure!
The foreword by Martin Amis is substantial and enjoyable. He offers good reasons why Larkin is still such a very popular poet and gives a well-considered redress to the sly negativity that Andrew Motion's biography stirred up a decade or so ago. Larkin's poems themselves will always rise above such as that.
Well worth buying - a treasure!
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