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Contrapposto by Dave Eggers review – this portrait of an artist falls flat

The story of a lifelong friendship between two art-world mavericks from the working-class midwest is disappointingly pious

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6

Vivian Maier: Street Photographer review: an insight into one of photography's greatest stories

A compelling glimpse into the work of a master of street photography, this monograph captures both the intimacy of Maier’s images and the story behind their discovery

Digital Camera World · Dec 16, 2025

Low expectations and thwarted desires: Geoff Dyer’s memoir of a working-class childhood

As a child, the writer Geoff Dyer made regular Friday visits to the house where his father was raised and where his father’s sister, Auntie Joan, still lived. While his parents talked with Joan, Geoff slipped upstairs. The landing’s ageing wallpaper was “brown or gloomy yellow”. Here stood a glass…

The Conversation · Sep 1, 2025

Look! We Have Come Through! by Lara Feigel review – a woman in love

The author draws parallels between her own life and that of DH Lawrence, making this memoir-cum-self-help book more than a little mystifying

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2022

The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer review – the art of bowing out

From Roger Federer to Bob Dylan, George Best to Jean Rhys, Geoff Dyer roams widely in this finely crafted study of endings

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022