One of my favourite of all contemporary writers. I love his sense of the absurd, his pessimism mixed with robust good cheer, his beautifully crafted sentences, his jokes and his intelligence.

- Alain de Botton,

Languid, elegant, brilliantly conversational.

- Tim Adams, * Observer *

A true original - one of those rare voices in contemporary literature that never ceases to surprise, disturb and delight . . . Dyer is a must-read for our confused and perplexing times.

* William Boyd *

Dyer is becoming a character just as arch and seductive as that professional self-effacer from the previous generation, Alan Bennett.

* Observer *

Insightful, humorous, and . . . exemplifies his passion, wit and ability.

- Rob Sharp, * Independent *

An irresistibly funny storyteller, [Dyer] is adept at fiction, essay and reportage, but happiest when twisting all three into something entirely his own.

* New Yorker *

It's this ability to develop such passions that gives the literary flaneur his curious edge, a gift for turning both acute spasms of obsession and long-rumbling preoccupations into writing, a highly strung take on the journalistic necessity of burrowing into a subject like a worm in an apple, then moving on to a new fruit

- Victoria Segal, * Guardian *

Dyer's musings provide an intensely personal view of the world

* The Times *

It's this ability to develop such passions that gives the literary flaneur his curious edge, a gift for turning both acute spasms of obsession and long-rumbling preoccupations into writing, a highly strung take on the journalistic necessity of burrowing into a subject like a worm in an apple, then moving on to a new fruit.

* Guardian *

Essays and journalism, often very funny, from the author of <i>Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi</i>.

* Sunday Telegraph *

Dyer's musings provide an intensely personal view of the world.

* Times *