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Geoff Dyer's new novel is set in Italy and India. (Jason Oddy) |
BOOK REVIEW

Exploring life, and all its madness
In properly versatile hands, the loose baggy monster that is a novel can be made to demonstrate its manifold versatility. Or, as writer Geoff Dyer might put it, were he to continue to channel his karma-tuned protagonist in "Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi," a novel's true versatility becomes evident only when one is convinced of its complete and utter ... (Full article: 592 words)
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