Such Deliberate Disguises: The Art of Philip Larkin

Such Deliberate Disguises: The Art of Philip Larkin argues that a true understanding of Philip Larkin as man and poet lies beyond his enduring public appeal and the variety of criticism that has recently been applied to his work.
Richard Palmer suggests that the ostensible simplicity of Larkin''s writing, which continues to attract so many readers to him, is deceptive, masking as it does one of th...