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  <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in 1958 and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His first book, &lt;i&gt;Ways of Telling: The Work of John Berger&lt;/i&gt;, was published in 1986. His first novel was &lt;i&gt;The Colour of Memory&lt;/i&gt; (1989), set in Brixton, south London, in the 1980s.

His non-fiction includes a book about jazz entitled &lt;i&gt;But Beautiful&lt;/i&gt; (1991), winner of a Somerset Maugham Award; &lt;i&gt;The Missing of the Somme&lt;/i&gt; (1994), which was adapted for BBC Radio 3 and broadcast on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the battle of the Somme; a book about D. H. Lawrence entitled &lt;i&gt;Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence&lt;/i&gt; (1997), which was shortlisted for the National Book Critics' Circle Fiction Award (USA); and a collection of essays, &lt;i&gt;Anglo-English Attitudes: Essays, Reviews, Misadventures, 1984-99&lt;/i&gt;, published in 1999.

He is also the author of several novels including &lt;i&gt;The Search&lt;/i&gt; (1993), a complex narrative about a woman's search for her missing husband, and &lt;i&gt;Paris Trance&lt;/i&gt; (1998), chronicling the sex and drug-fuelled adventures of two couples living in Paris.

Amongst his recent non-fiction books are &lt;i&gt;Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It&lt;/i&gt; (2003) and &lt;i&gt;The Ongoing Moment&lt;/i&gt; (2005), an idiosyncratic history of photography. 

He has contributed articles to &lt;i&gt;The Guardian&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;The Independent&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;New Statesman&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Esquire&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Monocle&lt;/i&gt;.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[John Berger]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Cheltenham</hometown>  <born_at>06/05/1958</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.47</average_rating>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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        <book id="3690187">
  <title><![CDATA[Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.55</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>199</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
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        <book id="49423">
  <title><![CDATA[Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.07</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>151</ratings_count>
  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.46</average_rating>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Ongoing Moment]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>105</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Paris Trance: A Romance]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.46</average_rating>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Colour of Memory]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.04</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>27</ratings_count>
  <published>1990</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Missing of the Somme]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>13</ratings_count>
  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Search]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>9</ratings_count>
  <published>1993</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Anglo-English Attitudes: Essays, Reviews, Misadventures, 1984-99]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Geoff Dyer]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4</ratings_count>
  <published>1999</published>  
  
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