The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Geoff Dyer's 1993 novel, The Search, finally brought to the US, by Graywolf.
(They also just brought out his first novel, The Colour of Memory, and while my review of that went up fifteen years ago I did take this occasion to add/update lots of other-review information and links.)
Preferring and valuing fiction much and always over non, I've always been rather disappointed that Dyer shifted most of his attention away from fiction. I can understand that a book like his recent Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush can be an easier sell (though I can't imagine anything less interesting -- except the other thousand 'hot' non-fiction titles of the summer ...), and I admire writers who don't force the issue, turning away from churning out books just because that's what they've done previously or recognizing that they don't have another story in them, but I still wonder what would have become of Dyer if he had gone all in with fiction-writing .....
(They also just brought out his first novel, The Colour of Memory, and while my review of that went up fifteen years ago I did take this occasion to add/update lots of other-review information and links.)
Preferring and valuing fiction much and always over non, I've always been rather disappointed that Dyer shifted most of his attention away from fiction. I can understand that a book like his recent Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush can be an easier sell (though I can't imagine anything less interesting -- except the other thousand 'hot' non-fiction titles of the summer ...), and I admire writers who don't force the issue, turning away from churning out books just because that's what they've done previously or recognizing that they don't have another story in them, but I still wonder what would have become of Dyer if he had gone all in with fiction-writing .....