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Mordantly funny, thought-provoking travel essays, from the acclaimed author of Out of Sheer Rage and “one of our most original writers” (New York Magazine).This isn’t a self-help book; it’s a book about how Geoff Dyer could do with a little help. In these genre-defying tales, he travels from Amsterdam to Cambodia, Rome to Indonesia, Libya to Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert, floundering in a ... Read more

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Mordantly funny, thought-provoking travel essays, from the acclaimed author of Out of Sheer Rage and “one of our most original writers” (New York Magazine).This isn’t a self-help book; it’s a book about how Geoff Dyer could do with a little help. In these genre-defying tales, he travels from Amsterdam to Cambodia, Rome to Indonesia, Libya to Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert, floundering in a
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Homework

A Memoir

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Shortlisted for the 2026 TLS Ackerley PrizeNamed a most anticipated book of 2025 by Vulture | The Guardian | Financial Times | The Observer | The Times (London) | Literary Hub**"A picture of postwar England unlike any other . . . A highly original memoir that will provoke, amuse, beguile—and endure." —Antony Quinn, Financial Times"Homework is wonderful Geoff-Dye... ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the 2026 TLS Ackerley PrizeNamed a most anticipated book of 2025 by Vulture | The Guardian | Financial Times | The Observer | The Times (London) | Literary Hub**"A picture of postwar England unlike any other . . . A highly original memoir that will provoke, amuse, beguile—and endure." —Antony Quinn, Financial Times"Homework is wonderful Geoff-Dye...
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Otherwise Known as the Human Condition

Selected Essays and Reviews

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*Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice**A New York Times Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year, as selected by Dwight Garner*Geoff Dyer has earned the devotion of passionate fans on both sides of the Atlantic through his wildly inventive, romantic novels as well as several brilliant, uncategorizable works of nonfiction. All t... ... Read more

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*Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice**A New York Times Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year, as selected by Dwight Garner*Geoff Dyer has earned the devotion of passionate fans on both sides of the Atlantic through his wildly inventive, romantic novels as well as several brilliant, uncategorizable works of nonfiction. All t...
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'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy'

Watching 'Where Eagles Dare'

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In Zona, Geoff Dyer—‘one of our most original writers’ (New York)—devoted a whole book to Andrei Tarkovsky’s cult masterpiece, Stalker. Now, in this warm and funny tribute to one of his favorite movies, he revisits the action classic Where Eagles Dare. A thrilling Alpine adventure headlined by a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a dynamically lethargic Clint Eastwood, Where Eagles Dare ... Read more

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In Zona, Geoff Dyer—‘one of our most original writers’ (New York)—devoted a whole book to Andrei Tarkovsky’s cult masterpiece, Stalker. Now, in this warm and funny tribute to one of his favorite movies, he revisits the action classic Where Eagles Dare. A thrilling Alpine adventure headlined by a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a dynamically lethargic Clint Eastwood, Where Eagles Dare
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Another Great Day at Sea

Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

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A wry, wandering account of life aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier, where Geoff Dyer drifts through a world of precision and purpose, turning military routine and personal dislocation into comedy, curiosity, and unexpected insight.Invited aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Geoff Dyer finds himself embedded in one of the most powerful and meticulously organized institutions on earth—a ... Read more

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A wry, wandering account of life aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier, where Geoff Dyer drifts through a world of precision and purpose, turning military routine and personal dislocation into comedy, curiosity, and unexpected insight.Invited aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Geoff Dyer finds himself embedded in one of the most powerful and meticulously organized institutions on earth—a
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White Sands

Experiences from the Outside World

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In this witty, searching collection of travel essays, Geoff Dyer journeys to remote and storied places, exploring art, time, and the restless nature of being alive.In this meditation on movement and meaning, Geoff Dyer reflects on why we go where we go, what we hope to find there, and how places, both real and imagined, shape our inner lives. From the deserts of the American Southwest to remote ... Read more

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In this witty, searching collection of travel essays, Geoff Dyer journeys to remote and storied places, exploring art, time, and the restless nature of being alive.In this meditation on movement and meaning, Geoff Dyer reflects on why we go where we go, what we hope to find there, and how places, both real and imagined, shape our inner lives. From the deserts of the American Southwest to remote
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The Ongoing Moment

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Great photographs change the way we see the world; The Ongoing Moment changes the way we look at both.Focusing on the ways in which canonical figures like Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, André Kertész, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, and William Eggleston have photographed the same things—barber shops, benches, hands, roads, signs—award-winning writer Geoff Dyer seeks to ... Read more

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Great photographs change the way we see the world; The Ongoing Moment changes the way we look at both.Focusing on the ways in which canonical figures like Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, André Kertész, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, and William Eggleston have photographed the same things—barber shops, benches, hands, roads, signs—award-winning writer Geoff Dyer seeks to
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The Missing of the Somme

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A deeply personal meditation on remembrance, art, and World War I by the legendary Geoff Dyer, reissued with a new introduction by Drew Gilpin FaustThe Missing of the Somme is part travelogue, part meditation on remembrance—and completely, unabashedly unlike any other book about the First World War. Through visits to battlefields and memorials, Geoff Dyer examines the way that photographs and film ... Read more

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A deeply personal meditation on remembrance, art, and World War I by the legendary Geoff Dyer, reissued with a new introduction by Drew Gilpin FaustThe Missing of the Somme is part travelogue, part meditation on remembrance—and completely, unabashedly unlike any other book about the First World War. Through visits to battlefields and memorials, Geoff Dyer examines the way that photographs and film
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Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

A Novel

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A jaded journalist drifts from the glittering art-world excess of Venice to the ritual intensity of Varanasi, where pleasure and mortality begin to blur into the same exhausted, lucid haze.When Jeff Atman, a jaded magazine journalist, is dispatched to Venice to cover the Biennale, he promptly dissolves into its familiar choreography of openings, hotel bars, overheard brilliance, and increasingly ... Read more

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A jaded journalist drifts from the glittering art-world excess of Venice to the ritual intensity of Varanasi, where pleasure and mortality begin to blur into the same exhausted, lucid haze.When Jeff Atman, a jaded magazine journalist, is dispatched to Venice to cover the Biennale, he promptly dissolves into its familiar choreography of openings, hotel bars, overheard brilliance, and increasingly
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But Beautiful

A Book About Jazz

by Geoff Dyer ...

Eight fictitious profiles of real pioneers of jazz music—"Beautiful, an ingenious and brilliantly written book. Even readers not fascinated by jazz above other kinds of music are likely to find Mr. Dyer too good a literary craftsman to put the book down" ( The New York Times )."One of my favorite books. [Dyer] reveals insights into the men as well as their music." —Kareem Abdul JabarIn eight ... Read more

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Eight fictitious profiles of real pioneers of jazz music—"Beautiful, an ingenious and brilliantly written book. Even readers not fascinated by jazz above other kinds of music are likely to find Mr. Dyer too good a literary craftsman to put the book down" ( The New York Times )."One of my favorite books. [Dyer] reveals insights into the men as well as their music." —Kareem Abdul JabarIn eight
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Out of Sheer Rage

Wrestling with D. H. Lawrence

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FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD"In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, Mr. Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage keeps circling its subject in widening loops and then darting at it when you least expect it . . . a wild book."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York TimesGeoff Dyer was a talented young writer, full of energy ... Read more

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FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD"In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, Mr. Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage keeps circling its subject in widening loops and then darting at it when you least expect it . . . a wild book."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York TimesGeoff Dyer was a talented young writer, full of energy
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Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

by Geoff Dyer ...

In this witty, wandering travelogue, Geoff Dyer drifts through cities, deserts, and festivals, turning half-hearted journeys and misadventures into the occasional accidental insight.From the canals of Amsterdam to the temples of Cambodia, from the streets of Rome to the dust-choked spectacle of Burning Man, Geoff Dyer drifts, meanders, and sometimes flounders, finding glimpses of calm, clarity, ... Read more

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In this witty, wandering travelogue, Geoff Dyer drifts through cities, deserts, and festivals, turning half-hearted journeys and misadventures into the occasional accidental insight.From the canals of Amsterdam to the temples of Cambodia, from the streets of Rome to the dust-choked spectacle of Burning Man, Geoff Dyer drifts, meanders, and sometimes flounders, finding glimpses of calm, clarity,
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