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 							Philip Larkin was that rare thing among poets: a household name in his own lifetime. Lines such as 'Never such
innocence again' and 'Sexual intercourse began / In nineteen sixty-three' made him one of the most popular poets of the
last century.
  
  Larkin's reputation as a man, however, has been more controversial. A solitary librarian
known for his pessimism, he disliked exposure and had no patience with the literary circus. And when, in 1992, the
publication of his Selected Letters laid bare his compartmentalised personal life, accusations of duplicity,
faithlessness, racism and misogyny were levelled against him.
  
  There is, of course, no requirement that
poets should be likeable or virtuous, but James Booth asks whether art and life were really so deeply at odds with each
other. Can the poet who composed the moving 'Love Songs in Age' have been such a cold-hearted man? Can he who uttered
the playful, self-deprecating words 'Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth' really have been so
boorish?
  
  A very different public image is offered by those who shared the poet's life: the women with
whom he was romantically involved, his friends and his university colleagues. It is with their personal testimony,
including access to previously unseen letters, that Booth reinstates a man misunderstood: not a gaunt, emotional
failure, but a witty, provocative and entertaining presence, delightful company; an attentive son and a man devoted to
the women he loved.
  
  Meticulously researched, unwaveringly frank and full of fresh material, Philip
Larkin: Life, Art and Love definitively reinterprets one of our greatest poets.
  
  Reviews
  “James Booth has written a literary biography which is
both elegant and moving, conveying the shape of a life – and a love-life – as sensitively as he conveys
the shape of the poetic oeuvre ... At the core of the book is the poetry, which Booth analyses in a reader-friendly
manner, without verbosity but with passion and precision. He provides new perspectives on the early novels and poems,
and explores the symbolist dimension which is so essential for an understanding of Larkin - and there's a particularly
fine-tuned discussion of the poet's more controversial views in the chapter on Jazz, Race and Modernism ... This is the
first biography which, one feels, Larkin might have admitted to reading – and, even more unwillingly,
enjoying” – Carol Rumens
  
  “Illuminating … Booth provides new material drawn from
interviews with the various women involved, all of whom are cited in support of the view that Larkin the man has been
maligned … For Larkin fans James Booth's book should be a satisfactory detailed understanding of familiar story
told with wholehearted admiration and scholarly command” – Literary Review
   
  “Nobody
could tease out more meanings from a Larkin line than he … Booth usefully highlights Larkin's graveyard humour,
his passion for jazz, his capacity to surprise people with kindness, and his tireless poetic search to define
“something hidden from us”” – Sunday Times
   
  “Superb … Booth's
psychology is subtler than Motion's and more convincing. His achievement is to paint a satisfying and believably complex
picture … Compelling and makes clear how unmistakeably Larkin belongs among the greats” – Peter J.
Conradi, Spectator
  
  “Fine-grained, thoughtful … This biography is full of such wise textual
analysis, and for that it should be read” – Erica Wagner, New Statesman
  
  “Booth is,
quite simply, the ultimate Larkin enthusiast … Booth is absolutely excellent on the work … To read this book
through, turning back to the poems in sequence, is to appreciate Larkin's development more intimately than has been
possible before” – Evening Standard
  
  “Booth's diligence is unquestionable and even
readers who think they know the poems will see nuances they had previously missed … Booth's supplement to Andrew
Motion's biography – the light to his shadow – should render further attention by biographers superfluous
for several years” – Guardian
  
  “Engrossing and, at least some of the way, a persuasive
account … Booth also unearths new evidence to establish that Larkin was, to all who dealt with him during his
three decades as a librarian, a likeable colleague and a fair boss … he is excellent on the poetry which is
… the testimony that really matters” – The Times
   
  “Highly sympathetic biography
of Britain's favourite poet” – Sunday Times Must Reads
  
  “Booth's achievement isn't just
to make us think more fondly of Larkin as a man – it's to send us rushing back to his poems, and to love them
anew ****” – Mail on Sunday
   
  “His examination of the poems is exemplary, always
intelligent and free of jargon, and the manner in which he relates them to Larkin's life will enhance many readers'
appreciation of the poetry and deepen their enjoyment … This is a very good biography, both judicious and
generous” – Scotsman
  
  “Booth's attempt to understand Larkin through his interaction
with others is inspired” – Sunday Telegraph
  
  “Thank you, James Booth … Booth, a
long-time colleague, has done an impressive job in his book … If Booth finally succeeds in correcting the view of
Larkin and reminding us of the glories of the poetry, he will have done us all a service. And old Philip, too”
– Herald
   
  “Booth is an excellent guide to just why a Larkin poem can merit being called
great … Booth has not written an academic book. He has written a book of the higher journalism, which is still the
kind of attention Larkin needs” – Clive James, New York Times
  
  “Booth, for 17 years a
colleague of Larkin's at Hull University, must be congratulated for restoring some balance and warmth [to Larkin]”
– Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily Telegraph Biographies of the Year
   
  “Booth does a valiant job
in persuading us that Larkin was more sensitive, kinder and wittier than his detractors would have it. Anyhow, if
nothing else, it reminds us how bittersweet and sensitive his poetry was” – Robbie Millen, The Times
Biographies of the Year
    						

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