WINNER OF THE 2026 TLS ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Born in 1958, the only child of a dinner lady and a sheet-metal worker, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by the Second World War. It was a time of Airfix models and wargames, conkers and frugality: having splurged on a mono record player, Geoff's dad discovers it's a portal to endless expenditure and funding for records is abruptly withdrawn.
But far from being a story of hardship overcome, Homework is a celebration of opportunities afforded to Dyer's generation. A grammar-school education leads to books, prog rock (on a new stereo), girls, beer and, eventually, a place at Oxford.
In Homework, Dyer returns to his early life and asks what it means to live through an era of complex social transformation.
| ISBN: | 9781837262014 |
| Publication date: | 21st May 2026 |
| Author: | Geoff Dyer |
| Publisher: | Canongate an imprint of Canongate Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 285 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Social classes |
WINNER OF THE 2026 TLS ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Born in 1958, the only child of a dinner lady and a sheet-metal worker, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by the Second World War. It was a time of Airfix models and wargames, conkers and frugality: having splurged on a mono record player, Geoff's dad discovers it's a portal to endless expenditure and funding for records is abruptly withdrawn.
But far from being a story of hardship overcome, Homework is a celebration of opportunities afforded to Dyer's generation. A grammar-school education leads to books, prog rock (on a new stereo), girls, beer and, eventually, a place at Oxford.
In Homework, Dyer returns to his early life and asks what it means to live through an era of complex social transformation.
Homework features in the following genres: Memoirs, Social classes
Homework is available in Paperback, Hardback
Homework was written by Geoff Dyer and published by Canongate an imprint of Canongate Books
Homework has 285 pages
£10.79