Early Larkin

"Astute." Times Literary Supplement

Beginning in the late 1930s, this is the first book-length critical study of Larkin''s early work: his poetry, novels, short fictions, essays, and letters. The book tells the story of Philip Larkin''s early literary development, starting with Larkin''s earliest literary efforts and his remarkable correspondence with Jim Sutton, and ending at the point Larkin''s m...