Name: Philip Larkin
ISBN: 9780571258116

Philip Larkin

Selected by Martin Amis, this book draws on Philip Larkin's four collections and on his uncollected poems.

Poems Selected by Martin Amis

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

Philip Larkin Poems Selected by Martin Amis