Philip Larkin: A Writer'S Life Av Sir Andrew Motion

<p><i>Philip Larkin: A Writer''s Life</i> won the Whitbread Award for Biography in 1993 and was championed as ''an exemplary biography of its kind'' (<i>The Times</i>). 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. <br><br>''There will be other lives of Larkin, but Motion''s, like Forster''s of Dickens, will always have a special place.'' John Carey, <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>''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, <i>Observer</i><br><br>''Honest but not prurient, critical but also compassionate, Motion''s book could not be bettered.'' Alan Bennett, <i>London Review of Books</i></p>