Canongate Books

In the spirit of Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It, his bestselling book about travel, Geoff Dyer is back on the road.

An illuminated history of how photographs frame and change the world, from the award-winning author of The Ongoing Moment

Could it be that our deepest desire is for it all to be over? A book about the end of days from the award-winning author of Out of Sheer Rage and Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

'A copy ... ought to be on everybody's Desert Island' Independent

'Dyer is becoming a character just as arch and seductive as that professional self-effacer from the previous generation, Alan Bennett' Observer

A full-colour illuminated history of how photographs frame and change the world, from the award-winning author of The Ongoing Moment

Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year

'One of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever . . . Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible.' Sunday Telegraph