Book description
Jeff Atman, a journalist, is in Venice to cover the opening of the
Venice Art Biennale. He's expecting to see a load of art, go to a lot of
parties and drink too many bellinis. He's not expecting to meet the
spellbinding Laura, who will completely transform his few days in the
city. Another city, another assignment: this time on the banks of the
Ganges in Varanasi. Amid the crowds, ghats and chaos of India's holiest
Hindu city a different kind of transformation lies in wait. A
beautifully told story of erotic love and spiritual yearning, Jeff in
Venice, Death in Varanasi is playful, stylish, sensual, comic, ingenious
and utterly captivating. It confirms Geoff Dyer as one of Britain's most
exciting and original writers.
