Michaelmas term, 1940. 18-year-old John Kemp has come down from Lancashire to Oxford University to begin his scholarship studying English. But when he invents an imaginary sister to win the attention of a rich but unreliable 'friend', and then falls in love for real, undergraduate life becomes its own strange world .
'Absolutely contemporary - perhaps even prophetic.' Joyce Carol Oates
'Remarkable . A book about innocence.' Simon Garfield
'A cryptic literary manifesto [about] discovering a literary personality, and the consolation art can provide.' Andrew Motion
| ISBN: | 9780571225828 |
| Publication date: | 19th January 2023 |
| Author: | Philip Larkin |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction First World War fiction |
Michaelmas term, 1940. 18-year-old John Kemp has come down from Lancashire to Oxford University to begin his scholarship studying English. But when he invents an imaginary sister to win the attention of a rich but unreliable 'friend', and then falls in love for real, undergraduate life becomes its own strange world .'Absolutely contemporary - perhaps even prophetic.' Joyce Carol Oates'Remarkable .
Jill features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, First World War fiction
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Jill was written by Philip Larkin and published by Faber & Faber
Jill has 230 pages
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