I just finished a book by Geoff Dyer, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It. It was on the “recommended” shelf at a local bookstore, Olsson’s Books. Intrigued, I picked it up; it’s a quick read. It’s not a self help or yoga book – rather, it’s basically a collection of 11 essays by Dyer on his various travels around the planet. It involves quite a bit of drinking and getting stoned, but he does meet a lot of people. His writing is at a level or two above what you might think from the previous sentence, and many of the essays/chapters are quite humorous. My favorite essay/chapter is #7, “The Despair of Art Deco” – mainly for his hysterical rendering of his quest for a mouse-free hotel room. Dyer tells about his travels to New Orleans, Chicago, and South Beach (chp 7), but also Cambodia, Libya, Thailand, etc. This book is also the first time I got a good explanation of the “Burning Man Festival” in the Southwest.

Recommended.