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  • The Last Days of Roger Federer

  • And Other Endings
  • By: Geoff Dyer
  • Narrated by: Richard Burnip
  • Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (25 ratings)
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Summary

Much attention has been paid to so-called late style—but what about last style? When does last begin? How early is late? When does the end set in?

In this endlessly stimulating investigation, Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last achievements of writers, painters, athletes and musicians who've mattered to him throughout his life. With a playful charm and penetrating intelligence, he examines Friedrich Nietzsche's breakdown in Turin, Bob Dylan's reinventions of old songs, J.W. Turner's paintings of abstracted light, John Coltrane's cosmic melodies, Jean Rhys' return from the dead (while still alive) and Beethoven's final quartets—and considers the intensifications and modifications of experience that come when an ending is within sight. Oh, and there's stuff about Roger Federer and tennis, too.

This book on last things—written while life as we know it seemed to be coming to an end—is also about how to go on living with art and beauty, on the entrancing effect and sudden illumination that an Art Pepper solo or an Annie Dillard reflection can engender in even the most jaded sensibilities. Blending criticism, memoir and repartee into something entirely new, The Last Days of Roger Federer is a summation of Dyer's passions and the perfect introduction to his sly and joyous work.

©2022 Geoff Dyer (P)2022 Canongate Books

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More great stuff from Dyer

I've enjoyed all of Geoff Dyer's books due to the scope of the subject matter covered and how they are effortlessly linked to form a well-paced and informative read based on his own experiences and outlook.

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A Sense of an Ending

Having enjoyed the two books read by Tom Hollander I cracked on with this in the hope that the narrator wouldn't spoil it. He does. It is really hard to know whether this book is not as good as those I previously read or whether it's just the oration, which reminds me of the delivery on Radio 4's Just a Minute.
I'd read The Missing of the Somme before and enjoyed that, and the narrator is appropriately sombre. Out of Sheer Rage and Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, read by Hollander, are enhanced by his ability to convey petulance. Perhaps this book is not intended to contain that petulance? But surely it's not intended to sound like Just a Minute, either. I'm sure that the narrator sounds just fine when reading something else, but it doesn't work here.
Other commentators have complained that this is not a book about Roger Federer. I don't have a problem with that, coming straight from the Hollander read books, in fact I'm perfectly happy not knowing about the last days of Roger Federer.

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Very disappointing more of a DH Lawrence biography

I was very disappointed with this book because I was hoping that it would look at the ways in which different people have ended their careers and give some advice but instead it just dronedarone in a pretentious manner about DH Lawrence and Turner the artist. it just wasn’t very interesting. I thought they’ll be something about Roger Federer in it or other sports stars but now it was just all about DH Lawrence and Turner.

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Boring!

Boring, repetitive, absolutely no substance! Completely random quotes and texts without any sense whatsoever. I would love to know what is the purpose of this book? Codswallop.

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