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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a great book, and reminded me why I like T.C. Boyle so much. I started out listening to this book during my commute, but it got so engrossing, I couldn't wait for the commute, and finished reading it at home. This is fast-paced, with interesting characters, and a relevant contemporary plot. (  ) mostlyliterary | Jan 24, 2009 |  Great read, topical theme. A deaf teacher is the victim of identity theft, which drags her and her boyfriend into a cross-continental pursuit of the fraudster. (  ) jaygheiser | Jul 23, 2008 | peppone01 | Jul 9, 2008 | Alternating between narrators..Dana and Peck. Peck materialistic 'whore. ..addicted to buying things. Boyle addresses why we want acceptance and how we attain it. Peck has alife where people believe in him - successful, excellent taste- underneath he is a fraud. Dana remains torn between accepting her deafness and wanting others to do the same and yet gets angry when she can't camouflage it in a way that amkes others think she si jsutlike them. About fear, identity . Funny. addresses issues of prejudice and communicationa s wella s identity. Addresses why we want acceptance and how we go about attaining it. All too often we abse our identitiy on the way others view us when our human instincts tell us otherwise. Whether we're deaf or defeated it doesn't chnge the fact that our identitiy remains a crucial part of our life and when its altered in any way we become vulnerable, leaving one's faith in humainity to see each of us for who we really are (  ) mtranter | Jun 6, 2008 | A deaf woman's identity is stolen and she goes on a road trip to try and find the perp who ruined her life. Well plotted and exciting to the somewhat unsatisfying, but fully plausible ending. ( ) lenoreva | Apr 25, 2008 | 
 Mr. Boyle unfortunately bails on the reader at the last moment: either he was unable to think of a plausible — or satisfying — ending, or he was in such a rush to finish his story that he simply tacked on the first scenario that came to mind. In any case, it's a sorry and pallid conclusion to what might have been one of this gifted writer's more winning novels.
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0670037702, Hardcover)The bestselling author of The Inner Circle and Drop City returns with a timely new novel about a woman in desperate pursuit of a man who has stolen her identityThe first time Bridger saw Dana she was dancing barefoot, her hair aflame in the red glow of the club, her body throbbing with rhythms and cross-rhythms that only she could hear. He was mesmerized. That night they were both deaf, mouthing to each other over the booming bass. And it was not until their first date, after he had agonized over what CD to play in the car, that Bridger learned that her deafness was profound and permanent. By then, he was falling in love. Now she is in a courtroom, her legs shackled, as a list of charges is read out. She is accused of assault with a deadly weapon, auto theft, and passing bad checks, among other things. Clearly there has been a terrible mistake. A man—his name is William "Peck" Wilson as Dana and Bridger eventually learn—has been living a blameless life of criminal excess at Dana’s expense. And as Dana and Bridger set out to find him, they begin to test to its limits the life they have started to build together. Talk Talk is both a thrilling road trip across America and a moving story about language, love, and identity from one of America’s finest novelists. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:51 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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