Winner of the Hatchards & Biographers' Club First Biography Prize '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, Literary Review 'A consummately researched, intelligent and sympathetic biography - and, which matters most, he's a very good reader of the poems.' Sam Leith, Guardian 'A fine, frank biography.' Peter Conrad, Observer 'Admirably unsentimental . . . allowing all Gunn's complexities and contradictions to emerge unvarnished . . . the greatness of his poetry endures.' Daily Telegraph '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 'Nott has set out here to produce a work sturdy enough to support decades of future commentary on Gunn. He's succeeded - this book is everything you ever wanted to know about
