Geoff Dyer's latest novel, teasingly titled "Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi," is quite the mind game. To play, you obviously have to read the book. Here's the initial setup: two distinct parts ...

Death in Varanasi. A Novel. Geoff Dyer. ... we are going to take this strange new book, “Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi,” as the pivot, the point at which the author gets back to work.

Reading: Dyer reads from "Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi" at 7:30 p.m. April 22 at Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside St. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a ...

Dyer’s latest book, the impishly titled “Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi” (Pantheon; $24), describes itself as a novel but is two long stories, one set in Venice and one in the holy Indian ...

Varanasi allegorises Life and Death, Light and Darkness, Good and Evil. Thursday, Jun 19, 2025. New Delhi o C. ... Life and Death in Varanasi isn’t a book. But it could be a metaphor.

April 2009 Book of the Month: Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, by Geoff Dyer The last time I was in Venice, I fell in with a group of Americans who were talking passionately about the Venice ...

In which we continue to explore the murky depths of “Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi,” with the author as our guide. A couple of readers have suggested that Jeff dies of a heart attack at ...

Readers share their thoughts on recent stories, including a literary account of journeys through Varanasi, Send us your feedback for the chance to win return Wizz Air flights to Kosice, Slovakia ...