Ian Sansom

The sad, extraordinary life of Basil Bunting

The poet was also a conscientious objector, life model, sailor, journalist and intelligence officer, and his letters, to Ezra Pound especially, are both challenging and moving

Basil Bunting. [Bridgeman Images]

  • The Letters of Basil Bunting

    Alex Niven

    OUP, pp. 496, £35

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