and the Christian myths, as a source of stories and symbols, was lifelong; he also, as a young man, immersed himself in the Greek and Latin Classics in translation. This poem's distinctive syntax and phrasing seem to owe something to Robert Graves, who had encouraged Sillitoe when the young writer took Ruth Fainlight to live with him in Majorca in the 1950s. Lucifer's Decision
from The Times Literary Supplement: Poem of the Week: Lucifer's Decision by Alan Sillitoe
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