The Arrested Development of Geoff Dyer
In <em>The Last Days of Roger Federer</em>, Geoff Dyer writes about what happens when creative geniuses age—but he might need to do some maturing himself.
Most writers of books have only one story to tell; it is the one wrapped around a piece of emotional wisdom the author has made his or her own. If the writers are any good at what they do, the story deepens with each book that is written. If they are less than good, the story will simply repeat itself at the same level at which it originally took shape. In time, the work of the better writer will come to feel enriched by the clear renewal of lived experience, while the work of the lesser one will come to seem ever more reduced. I hold this truth to be self-evident for the writers of fiction and nonfiction alike.
For more than 30 years now, Geoff Dyer has given us book after the subject of Geoff Dyer’s books.
