Geoff Dyer (born 5 June 1958) is an English writer. As a journalist he writes about a wide range of topics. His published work includes four novels and several books of non-fiction, which have won a number of literary awards. But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz (1991) first brought Dyer's name to the attention of a wider audience, as it appeared in various translations.
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“Below me trees unnumbered rise,
Beautiful in various dyes:
The gloomy pine, the poplar blue,
The yellow beech, the sable yew,
The slender fir that taper grows,
The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.”
—John Dyer (1699–1758)