About the Book: Somewhere Becoming Rain
'This is the finest critic of his generation on the best poet of his lifetime —
The Times
A love letter from one of the worlds most critically acclaimed writers to one of
its most cherished poets.
Clive James was a life-long admirer of the work of Philip Larkin. Somewhere
Becoming Rain gathers all of Jamess writing on this towering literary figure of
the twentieth century, together with extra material now published for the first
time.
The greatness of Larkins poetry continues to be obscured by the opprobrium
attaching to his personal life and his private opinions. James writes about
Larkins poems,