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British author; 2012 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism
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Geoff Dyer
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FROM Geoff Dyer
Bookworm
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. Can he find the soul of America in its landscapes?
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