num_pages: 570
description: A biography of the poet discusses his friendships with other aspiring writers, painters, and musicians, his repressive family life, his need for affection and fear of the encroachment on his writing that marriage represented, and his work.
language: English
title: Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
titlecomplete: Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 249
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Biography
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux