Geoff Dyer

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British author; 2012 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism

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Paradoxically, Geoff Dyer begins his attempt to locate America by first traveling to Tahiti. There, he discovers that Gauguin’s vision of it no longer exists – if it ever really did.

Geoff Dyer: White Sands

Paradoxically, Geoff Dyer begins his attempt to locate America by first traveling to Tahiti. There, he discovers that Gauguin’s vision of it no longer exists – if it ever really did.

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Geoff Dyer: Otherwise Known as the Human Condition

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Geoff Dyer on the secrets that structure his new novel (which might, on the surface, seem like two novellas)....

Geoff Dyer: Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

Geoff Dyer on the secrets that structure his new novel (which might, on the surface, seem like two novellas)....

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