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| Betjeman |  | Author: A.n. Wilson
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 62428
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0099498375
EAN: 9780099498377
ASIN: 0099498375
Publication Date: September 6, 2007
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A model biography November 9, 2006
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
AN Wilson succeeds where Bevis Hillier failed by producing a compact, balanced, but still affectionate portrait of Britain's favourite post war poet. Wilson is very good on the marital threesome, sympathetic to both Penelope and Elizabeth. He also deals well with Betjeman's guilt, religious angst and fear of death. Happily the book does not dwell on Betj's TV and radio work, which was always a distraction, but focuses instead, properly in my view, on his poetry and his life as a poet. You may disagree with Wilson's choice of Betjeman's 30 best poems, but he succeeds in catapulting the reader back to old laureate's work, which is surely a mark of a great biography. Add to that AN Wilson splendid prose, little asides and occasional barbs and you have a marvellous, absorbing read in prospect. Anyone even remotely interested in Betjeman should have this on their shelves.
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