Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life

<p><b>Winner of the Hatchards & Biographers'' Club First Biography Prize</b><br><br><b>¿With this meticulously researched biography, we don¿t so much move closer as move in with Gunn and shadow him through his life . . . Gunn¿s life is chronicled beautifully here.¿ Andrew McMillan, <i>Literary Review</i><br><br>¿A consummately researched, intelligent and sympathetic biography ¿ and, which matters most, he¿s a very good reader of the poems.¿ Sam Leith, <i>Guardian</i><br><br>¿A fine, frank biography.¿ Peter Conrad, <i>Observer</i><br><br>¿Admirably unsentimental . . . allowing all Gunn¿s complexities and contradictions to emerge unvarnished . . . the greatness of his poetry endures.¿ <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>¿The first biography of Thom Gunn, and likely the definitive one . . . Nott¿s book is one of the best versions of a gay relationship conducted over this half century.¿ Colm Toibin<br><br>¿Nott has set out here to produce a work sturdy enough to support decades of future comment