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Thank you! I’ll have to reread his work. I really love Larkin. What you’re describing “sex, death, failure, general human misery, fueled by resentment grown ou
by pyuser583 4y ago
Thank you! I’ll have to reread his work. I really love Larkin.
What you’re describing “sex, death, failure, general human misery, fueled by resentment grown out of powerlessness and inevitability” makes me think of Evelyn Waugh.
- ycombinete 4y agoDefinitely! I found this in Waugh’s letters, which are fantastic. He is more wryly sardonic, and less bleak than Larkin.