<p><b>A brilliantly varied new selection of D. H. Lawrence''s essays, chosen and introduced by Geoff Dyer</b><br><br>For D. H. Lawrence the novel was the pinnacle, ''the one bright book of life'', yet his non-fiction shows him at his most freewheeling and playful. This is a selection of his essays, on subjects including art, morality, obscenity, songbirds, Italy, Thomas Hardy, the death of a porcupine in the Rocky Mountains and the narcissism of photographing ourselves. Arranged chronologically to illuminate the patterns of Lawrence''s thought over time, and including many little-known pieces, they reveal a writer of enduring freshness and force. <br><br>''The greatest writer of this century, and in many things the greatest writer of all times'' Philip Larkin</p>