In"Somewhere Becoming Rain",Clive James's collected essays on the poetry of Philip Larkin,the brilliance of James's analysis,his clear-sighted view of Larkin's solitude and humanity,and the fragile friendship between the two recorded in the book's final pages,provide a monument to human connection and isolation together.It's a perfect example of the"almost instinct"Larkin managed to prove"almost true"(hedging his bets to the end)-that what will survive of us is love.