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The Less Deceived

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Less Deceived
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Philip Larkin
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:48
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 132
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780571260126
ClassificationsDewey:821.914
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 17 March 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.

Author Biography

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.