Books by Philip Larkin
“There are many writers of my age who are steeped in Larkin and, like me, incorporate the cadences of his lines, often without being aware of it.” Read more...
Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels
Ian McEwan, Novelist
Interviews where books by Philip Larkin were recommended
Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels
Novelist Ian McEwan talks about five of the books that have helped shape his own, from the biography of a scientific genius to a treatise on the end of time, and discusses the importance of finding “mental freedom”
A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia, recommended by Arnold Jansen
The Dutch army captain whose unit secured Tuzla airbase for the incoming UN aid in 1994 talks about the books he kept with him in Bosnia, and the inspiration for his Yugoslav novel, King of Tuzla
