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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Music
Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano... In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes the embattled lives of the players who shaped modern ...Show more
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
$23.95 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Jeff Atman, a journalist, is in Venice to cover the opening of the Biennale. He's expecting to see a load of art, go to a lot of parties and drink too many bellinis. He's not expecting to meet the spell-binding Laura, who will completely transform his few days in the city. Another city, another assignme ...Show more
Out of Sheer Rage - In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
Sitting down to write a book about his hero D. H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to do more or less anything else instead of write. In Sicily he is too preoccupied by his hatred of seafood to follow the great writer's footsteps; in Mexi ...Show more
The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings by Geoff Dyer
$22.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
In this endlessly stimulating investigation into 'things coming to an end, artists' last works, time running out', Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last achievements of writers, painters, athletes and musicians who've mattered to him throughout his life. ...Show more
The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings (HB) by Geoff Dyer
$39.99 AUD
Category: Personal Development
'Quite possibly the best living writer in Britain' Daily Telegraph. Much attention has been paid to so-called late style - but what about last style? When does last begin? How early is late? When does the end set in? In this endlessly stimulating investigation, Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter wit ...Show more
Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It by Geoff Dyer
$22.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
From Amsterdam to Cambodia, from Rome to Indonesia, from New Orleans to Libya and from Detroit to Ko Pha-Ngan, Geoff Dyer finds himself both floundering about in a sea of grievances and finding moments of transcendental calm. This aberrant quest for peak experiences leads, ultimately, to the Black Rock ...Show more
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