Peter J. Conradi

The biography that makes Philip Larkin human again

A review of Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love, by James Booth. A far more attractive character emerges from this new biography than the miserable Mr Nasty found in Andrew Motion's

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  • Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love

    James Booth

    Bloomsbury, pp. 532

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