Although the title of the book, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, a play on Thomas Mann’s famous Death in Venice, may appear to be one single title, it isn’t – there are two separate novellas in the book. Jeff in Venice is about a middle-aged journalist called Jeff who goes to Venice for the Biennale (a contemporary art exhibition). He is there to cover the Biennale and to interview the wife of a famous artist, but he manages to find plenty to do to entertain himself as well. As well as the huge number of parties that he has access to, he meets a beautiful American woman called Laura, with who he takes drugs and lots of sex. Will he manage to do the job that he has come to do and will the relationship with Laura go anywhere?
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A Journalist Abroad
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