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 comment
