{"product_id":"jeff-in-venice-death-in-varanasi-9780307390301","title":"Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe Economist, The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Slate.com, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Venice, at the Biennale, a jaded, bellini-swigging journalist named Jeff Atman meets a beautiful woman and they embark on a passionate affair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Varanasi, an unnamed journalist (who may or may not be Jeff) joins thousands of pilgrims on the banks of the holy Ganges. He intends to stay for a few days but ends up remaining for months. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir journey--as only the irrepressibly entertaining Geoff Dyer could conjure--makes for an uproarious, fiendishly inventive novel of Italy and India, longing and lust, and the prospect of neurotic enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novels, a critical study of John Berger, and five genre-defying books, including \u003ci\u003eBut Beautiful, \u003c\/i\u003e which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize, and \u003ci\u003eOut of Sheer Rage, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a National Book Critics Circle finalist. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556036088082,"sku":"9780307390301","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db9c908f-1048-4a16-8db1-9df07d91e46a.jpg?v=1731747302","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jeff-in-venice-death-in-varanasi-9780307390301","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}