#90: Geoff Dyer, author

Rachel and Simon speak with the prolific and genre-bending author Geoff Dyer. Geoff’s many books include the novel “Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi,” “But Beautiful” (about jazz), “Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It,” “Zona” (about Andrei Tarkovsky’s film “Stalker”) and, most recently, “Broadsword Calling Danny Boy” (on the film “Where Eagles Dare”). His books have been translated into twenty-four languages and he currently lives in Los Angeles where he is Writer in Residence at the University of Southern California. We spoke with Geoff about his early life and his entry into writing, fiction versus non-fiction, and the economics of his writing life.

Rachel and Simon speak with the prolific and genre-bending author Geoff Dyer. Geoff's many books include the novel "Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi," "But Beautiful" (about jazz), "Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It," "Zona" (about Andrei Tarkovsky's film "Stalker") and, most recently, "Broadsword Calling Danny Boy" (on the film "Where Eagles Dare").