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User Review - James - GoodreadsWhile he's much better known as a poet, it seems that Philip Larkin wrote a couple of novels as well. Jill tells the story of a young man, John Kemp, away from home for the first time, going up to ... Read full review
Review: Jill
User Review - Emma - GoodreadsThis was my first Larkin , and , despite wariness of beginning with a novel when he is more known and , possibly, more valued for his poetry , I was extremely glad I did. This is a short but charming ... Read full review
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User Review - Ruth - GoodreadsWhat can I say, I love Larkin. This book is not heavy on the plot, and the feminist in me should be bored by the male point of view. But the descriptions are wonderful, the era is fascinating, and even a white boy can be an anti hero. Read full review
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User Review - Dave - GoodreadsThis and "A Girl in Winter" are quite nice novels by the poet Larkin, published early and mostly overlooked. I like this one for the main character, a poorer student at Oxford during WWII, who is ... Read full review
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User Review - Kelly - Goodreads"Then if there was no difference between love fulfilled and love unfulfilled, how could there be any difference between any other pair of opposites? Was he not freed, for the rest of his life, from ... Read full review
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User Review - Lorraine - GoodreadsLarkin really slammed this so I wasn't expecting much. But really, it's more skilful than he gives it credit for. Yes, it IS a bit rough -- and I do think Larkin is a better poet than novelist -- but ... Read full review
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User Review - Bob - GoodreadsBest known of course as a poet, Larkin wrote a couple of novels - this is his earliest and he asks for the indulgence traditionally awarded juvenilia in an introduction so engaging it threatens to ... Read full review
