Homework: A Memoir
‘Moving, atmospheric, truthful, perceptive and hilariously funny – I loved it: a piece of our English history, the story of a vanished time, which feels close at hand but thoroughly […]
The Last Days of Roger Federer
In this ingeniously structured meditation, Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last works of writers, painters, musicians, and sports stars. The Last Days of Roger Federer is a summation of Dyer’s passions, and the perfect introduction to his sly and joyous work.
The Last Days of Roger Federer
“A masterful, beautiful, reluctantly moving book — that is, moving despite its subject being naturally moving, courting no pathos, shrewd and frank — and Dyer’s best in some time. Indeed, one of his best, period.” LA Times
In this beguiling meditation, Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last works of writers, painters, footballers, musicians, and tennis stars. The Last Days of Roger Federer is a summation of Dyer’s passions, and the perfect introduction to his sly and joyous work.
See/Saw: Looking at Photographs 2010-2020
This tour de force of visual scrutiny and stylistic flair gathers Geoff Dyer’s lively, engaged criticism over the course of a decade.
See/Saw: Looking at Photographs 2010-2020
This tour de force of visual scrutiny and stylistic flair gathers Geoff Dyer’s lively, engaged criticism over the course of a decade.
The Bad Side of Books: Selected Essays of D. H. Lawrence
A brilliantly varied new selection of D. H. Lawrence’s essays, chosen and introduced by Geoff Dyer
Life with a Capital L: D. H. Lawrence
A brilliantly varied new selection of D. H. Lawrence’s essays, chosen and introduced by Geoff Dyer
Broadsword Calling Danny Boy: On Where Eagles Dare
‘Geoff Dyer’s funniest book yet. Who else would work in Martha Gellhorn on the first page of a book on the film Where Eagles Dare?’ Michael Ondaatje
Broadsword Calling Danny Boy: On Where Eagles Dare
‘Geoff Dyer’s funniest book yet. Who else would work in Martha Gellhorn on the first page of a book on the film Where Eagles Dare?’ Michael Ondaatje
The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand
“This handsome collection amounts to an extensive tour of Winogrand’s photographs conducted by a savvy, observant, and highly entertaining guide. No longer still, Winogrand’s images are animated here by the turns and jumps of Geoff Dyer’s lively commentary.”
Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World
From “one of our most original writers” (Kathryn Schulz, New York magazine) comes an expansive and exacting book—firmly grounded, but elegant, witty, and always inquisitive—about travel, unexpected awareness, and the questions we ask when we step outside ourselves.
Another Great Day at Sea
“Geoff Dyer has managed to do again what he does best: insert himself into an exotic and demanding environment (sometimes, his own flat, but here, the violent wonders of an aircraft carrier) and file a report that mixes empathetic appreciation with dips into brilliant comic deflation. Welcome aboard the edifying and sometimes hilarious ship Dyer.” Billy Collins, author of Aimless Love
