Keith Douglas, almost certainly the finest poet of the Second World War, was killed in Normandy three days after D-Day, aged 24. This biography, illustrated with over sixty photographs, facsimile manuscripts, and drawings, traces the life of this...
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Keith Douglas, almost certainly the finest poet of the Second World War, was killed in Normandy three days after D-Day, aged 24. This biography, illustrated with over sixty photographs, facsimile manuscripts, and drawings, traces the life of this difficult, clever man, whose conspicuous arrogance and no less conspicuous generosity were opposite sides of his sensitive, passionate nature.