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Working the Room
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This book will appeal to readers interested in cultural criticism, autobiographical essays, and literary explorations of art and music. Fans of thoughtful, witty, and elegant prose, as well as those who appreciate personal reflections entwined with broader cultural insights, will find Working the Room an enriching and entertaining read.
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See more'Dyer is becoming a character just as arch and seductive as that professional self-effacer from the previous generation, Alan Bennett' Observer
'Dyer is becoming a character just as arch and seductive as that professional self-effacer from the previous generation, Alan Bennett' Observer
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Alive with insight, wit and Dyer's characteristic irreverence, this collection of essays 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 other 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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Praised as "shrewd, funny, original" by Andrew Motion in the Guardian, and hailed as "a national treasure" by Zadie Smith, Dyer's writing is celebrated for being both engrossing and conversational. Critics admire his ability to blend absurdity with good cheer, crafting beautifully phrased, witty essays. Will Self of the Financial Times compares his style to Orwell, highlighting his versatility from personal anecdotes to cultural commentary. The Observer and William Boyd commend Dyer as a unique and essential voice for contemporary literature, marked by humour, intelligence, and originality.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781782115113
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 March 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Illustration: 8pp colour inset
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 301g
Pages: 432
About the Author
Geoff Dyer is the author of Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi and three previous novels, as well as seven other non-fiction books. Dyer has won the Somerset Maugham Prize, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, a National Book Critics Circle Award, a Lannan Literary Award, the International Centre of Photography's 2006 Infinity Award for writing on photography and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' E. M. Forster Award. In 2009 he was named GQ's Writer of the Year. He lives in London.
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