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Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me: Her Life and Long Loves

Paperback | English

By (author): John Sutherland

''A brilliant biography - John Sutherland has brought Monica Jones to life as she deserves.'' Claire Tomalin

''Eye-opening... in this account [Monica Jones] comes alive.'' The Sunday Times

Monica Jones was Philip Larkin''s partner for more than four decades, and was arguably the most important woman in his life. She was cruelly immortalised as Margaret Peel in Kingsley Amis''s Lucky Jim and widely vilified for destroying Larkin''s diaries and works in progress after his death. She was opinionated and outspoken, widely disliked by his friends and Philip himself was routinely unfaithful to her. But Monica Jones was also a brilliant academic and an inspiring teacher in her own right. She wrote more than 2,000 letters to Larkin, and he in turn poured out his heart to her.

In this revealing biography John Sutherland explores the question: who was the real Monica? The calm and collected friend and teacher? The witty conversationalist and inspirational lecturer? Or the private Monica, writing desperate, sometimes furious, occasionally libellous, drunken letters to the only man, to the absent man, whom she could love? Was Monica''s life - one of total sacrifice to a great poet - worthwhile? Through his careful reading of Monica''s never-before-seen letters, and his own recollections, John Sutherland shows us a new side to Larkin''s story, and allows Monica to finally step out from behind the poet''s shadow.

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Product Details
  • Format: Paperback
  • Weight: 260g
  • Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 14 Apr 2022
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781474620208

About John Sutherland

John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus at UCL and one of the most eminent scholars writers and critics at work in the UK today. He is the author of many critically acclaimed books including STEPHEN SPENDER: THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY and LAST DRINK TO LA.

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