Book description
Philip Larkin's second collection, The Less Deceived was published
by The Marvell Press in 1955, and now appears for the first time in
Faber covers. The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade
they shelter in, Till wind distresses tail and mane; Then one crops
grass, and moves about - The other seeming to look on - And stands
anonymous again. from 'At Grass'
Philip Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and was educated at
King Henry VIII School, Coventry, and St John's College, Oxford. As
well as his volumes of poems, which include The Whitsun Weddings and
High Windows, he wrote two novels, Jill and A Girl in Winter, and two
books of collected journalism: All What Jazz: A Record Library, and
Required Writing: Miscellaneous Prose. He worked as a librarian at the
University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985. He was the
best-loved poet of his generation, and the recipient of innumerable
honours, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, and the WHSmith Award.
