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Jeff In Venice, Death in Varanasi: Rough Guide to Transformation

Review By PICO IYER JEFF IN VENICE, DEATH IN VARANASI By Geoff Dyer When Martin Amis gave a central character in his scabrous, compulsive novel “Money” the name John Self, he was showing (or showing off) the impenitence and outsize … Continue reading

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Rough Guide to Transformation

By PICO IYER New York Times When Martin Amis gave a central character in his scabrous, compulsive novel “Money” the name John Self, he was showing (or showing off) the impenitence and outsize ambitions of his satire on materialism and … Continue reading

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