The Electric Typewriter

Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.
1st Oct

On Being an Only Child

by Geoff Dyer

I played Monopoly on my own. I played Cluedo on my own. When I eventually got round to it, masturbation seemed the natural outcome of my childhood.

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11th Aug

My Secret Life of crime

by Geoff Dyer

There are three episodes in his life that Geoff Dyer prefers not to remember. He could have ended up in jail - but thankfully didn’t. So did he just get lucky?

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