The Whitsun Weddings

The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780571259281.

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) remains Englands best-loved poet - a writer matchlessly capable of evoking his native land and of touching all readers from the most sophisticated intellectual to the proverbial common reader. The late John Betjeman observed that this tenderly observant poet writes clearly, rhythmically, and thoughtfully about what all of us can understand. Behind this modest description lies a poet who made greatness look, in Miltons prescription, simple, sensuous and passionate.