“Writers are not obliged to deal with current events, but it happens that the big story of our times - the al-Qaida attacks on New York and the Pentagon, and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - is being told in some of the greatest books of our time.”

English author

Geoff Dyer is an English author. He is known for novels and non-fiction books, and his work has received literary awards. In 2005, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His writing spans fiction and nonfiction, and he has built a varied body of work across both forms. He is known for prose that moves between literary reflection and wider cultural observation.