Book Public: 'Homework' by Geoff Dyer

Book Public: 'Homework' by Geoff Dyer

Readers of Geoff Dyer’s books have come to expect his trademark humor and incisive cultural commentary. His new book, Homework, shows us that the more success he had in school, the further he diverged from his parents. But his telling of this story brings us up close to share in his profound appreciation of his past.

Geoff Dyer’s Homework is a witty account of provincial boyhood and thrifty, stoic fathers

Among contemporary writers working in English, few are better company than Geoff Dyer. Remarkably eclectic, his 20 or so books – novels and non-fiction – have frequently combined autobiography, cultural criticism and travel writing.

Homework: Geoff Dyer brings 'a whole world' to life in his memoir

Geoff Dyer's "thought-provoking and entertaining books" have always had a prominent autobiographical strain, said John Self in The Times. Whether grappling with D.H. Lawrence ("Out of Sheer Rage") or Russian cinema ("Zona"), they are "as much about him as what they're supposed to be about". So perhaps it's surprising that this "smart, funny man" has taken so long to write an actual memoir.In "Homework", Dyer offers an account of his upbringing i…