The Philip Larkin I Knew traces the author's close friendship with the poet and stretches over his 30 year tenure of office as librarian of the University of Hull, taking in his literary achievements from "The Less Deceived" (1955), through "The Whitsun Weddings" (1964), to "High Windows" (1974). It reveals Larkin in a new light - courteous, compassionate, generous, and a man of deep sensitivity and charm - with a natural sense of fun and instinctive wit; in contrast to the gloomy and somewhat objectionable portrait that has emerged since his death.
- ISBN10 0719062756
- ISBN13 9780719062759
- Publish Date 18 July 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 October 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English