Geoff Dyer On Homework: A Memoir

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In Homework: A Memoir, Geoff Dyer recalls his postwar English childhood with comic affection. The son of a sheet-metal worker and local school dinner lady, he wins a coveted grammar school place, sparking a love of literature. From schoolyard scrapes to gig-going misadventures, this witty memoir paints a portrait of an eroded but resilient England, tracing the deep roots of class society. Moderated by New York Times Book Review editor Gilbert Cruz.
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GEOFF DYER is the award-winning author of many books, including The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings; Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence; Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It: Essays; Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room; See/Saw: Looking at Photographs; and the essay collection Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews, winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dyer lives in Los Angeles, where he is a writer-in-residence at the University of Southern California. His books have been translated into 24 languages.

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