Richard Bradford was educated at the University of Wales and at Oxford. He has held academic posts in Oxford, Wales, and Trinity College, Dublin. He is currently a Research Professor in English at the University of Ulster. He has published twenty books, including Lucky Him: The Life of Kingsley Amis (2001), First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin (2005) and The Life of A Long Distance Writer: The Authorised Biography of Alan Sillitoe.

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