August 2011 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
A book of essays reflecting Geoff Dyer’s work over the past ten years. Essays covering everything from personal reflections to perceptive critiques of writers and artists, the range spaning humour to insights into military morality. You’ll find yourself furiously scribbling notes on future reading and references to follow up as you follow the author through subjects rare and familiar – and if you haven’t read his work before, I guarantee you’ll want to read more.
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Alive with insight, wit and Dyer's characteristic irreverence, this book offers a guide around the cultural maze, mapping a route through the worlds of literature, art, photography and music. Besides exploring what it is that makes great art great, Working the Room ventures into more personal territory with extensive autobiographical pieces - 'On Being an Only Child', 'Sacked' and 'Reader's Block', among others gems. Dyer's breadth of vision and generosity of spirit combine to form a manual for ways of being in - and seeing - the world today.
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Alive with insight, wit and Dyer's characteristic irreverence, this book offers a guide around the cultural maze, mapping a route through the worlds of literature, art, photography and music. Besides exploring what it is that makes great art great, Working the Room ventures into more personal territory with extensive autobiographical pieces - 'On Being an Only Child', 'Sacked' and 'Reader's Block', among others gems.
Working the Room : ESSAYS features in the following genres: Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Biographies & Autobiographies, Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Paperback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
Working the Room : ESSAYS was written by Geoff Dyer and published by Canongate Books Ltd
Working the Room : ESSAYS has 416 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.
