'Sons and Lovers' Is Getting Me Down

Geoff Dyer starts Out Of Sheer Rage with a description of the time he has spent not writing a study of DH Lawrence, and agonising about not writing a study of DH Lawrence, and doing anything other than write a study of DH Lawrence. This leads into a wonderful exploration of his state of mind, of how it feels to be a writer and value yourself by what you are (or are not) writing and, almost obliquely, of how powerful is Lawrence's hold on him.

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