"Achieved art is quite incapable of lowering the spirits. If this were not so, each performance of King Lear would end in a Jonestown."

~ Martin Amis, British novelist in his appreciation of Philip Larken, Financial Times column Aug. 19. The Larkin Puzzle (P. Larken, British poet, 1922 - 1985.)
Amis' Philip Larken Poems published by Faber will be out in September, 2011.

Quotation came to our attention via Laurie Miller. Thanks, Laurie.