Philip Larkin Poems: Selected By Martin Amis

Author: Philip Larkin

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  • : $28.00 AUD
  • : 9780571258116
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
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  • : 0.146
  • : December 2012
  • : 197mm X 129mm X 11mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 27.99
  • : February 2013
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  • : Philip Larkin
  • : Faber Poetry Ser.
  • : Paperback
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  • : English
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  • : 128
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Barcode 9780571258116
9780571258116

Description

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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Unforgettable poems from one of the nation's best-loved poets, selected by the great Martin Amis.

Author description

Philip Larkin was born in 1922 and grew up in Coventry. In 1955 he became Librarian of the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull, a post he held until his death in 1985. He was the best-loved poet of his generation and the recipient of innumerable honours, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the W.H. Smith Award.