Geoff Dyer for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Read Him

Varanasi’s Manikarnika cremation ghat at night. (Photo: Matthew Clayfield)

Even before I arrived in Varanasi, I knew I wanted to reread the Varanasi section of Geoff Dyer’s Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi. A freelance writer is always on the lookout for potential story ideas that will allow him to pay the bill in the morning, and this seemed as good an idea as any.