Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
Geoff Dyer
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
<p><b>A <i>New York Times </i>Notable Book<br><br>A Best Book of the Year: <i>The Economist, The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Slate.com, </i>and <i>Time</i></b><br><br>In Venice, at the Biennale, a jaded, bellini-swigging journalist named Jeff Atman meets a beautiful woman and they embark on a passionate affair. <br><br>In 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.  <br><br>Their 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.<br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></p>