Geoff Dyer had always wanted to write a book about D. H. Lawrence. He wanted, in fact, to write his Lawrence book. The problem was, he had no idea what his Lawrence book would be though he was determined to write a sober academic study. Luckily for the reader, he failed miserably. Out of Sheer Rage is a harrowing, comic, and grand act of literary deferral. At times a furious repudiation of the act of writing itself, this is not so much a book about Lawrence as a book about writing a book about Lawrence. As Lawrence wrote ...
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Geoff Dyer had always wanted to write a book about D. H. Lawrence. He wanted, in fact, to write his Lawrence book. The problem was, he had no idea what his Lawrence book would be though he was determined to write a sober academic study. Luckily for the reader, he failed miserably. Out of Sheer Rage is a harrowing, comic, and grand act of literary deferral. At times a furious repudiation of the act of writing itself, this is not so much a book about Lawrence as a book about writing a book about Lawrence. As Lawrence wrote about his own study of Thomas Hardy, It will be about anything but Thomas Hardy, I am afraid--queer stuff--but not bad.
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Dyer's book about trying to write a book about D.H. Lawrence (and failing) is a huge success. As in all of Dyer's recent quasi-fictional work, the protagonist is Dyer himself, confused, conflicted, feckless, neurotic, hedonistic, depressed, and searching for his purpose. Here he takes the reader through a multitude of false starts, hesitations, and romantic break-ups in his effort to write a monograph on his literary idol. Even for someone like me who isn't particularly impressed with the work of D.H. Lawrence, this book is a joy to read -- as were "Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It" and "Jeff in Venice."
