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false <![CDATA[Talk Talk]]> 24723 19 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 identity The 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 manhis name is William Peck Wilson as Dana and Bridger eventually learnhas 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. 478267 1900 Talk Talk total:1005|5:86|4:345|3:401|2:139|1:34| 1005 3325 1385 208 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 3 1 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 04 15:53:52 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 18 17:53:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 251187 0143112155 9780143112150 94 16 Talk Talk 3.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251187.Talk_Talk 4 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 12:50:07 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 18 01:21:37 -0700 2008
The ‘heroine’ of this book, Dana Halter, is deaf. Her identity is stol...more...]]> 251187 0143112155 9780143112150 94 16 Talk Talk 3.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251187.Talk_Talk 3 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 08:38:52 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 20 12:28:34 -0800 2007 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 4 0 false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 13:58:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 14:22:01 -0700 2009
As to the fact that one of the ...more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 2 1 false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 06:17:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 06:35:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 4 1 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 06:56:31 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 07:15:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 3 2 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 21:35:22 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 22:19:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 0 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Aug 01 20:45:06 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 20:45:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 06:13:44 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 14:16:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 4 1 false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:36:43 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:55:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 4 0 false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 06:25:54 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 07:43:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:39:13 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:39:13 -0800 2009 In his 18th book of fiction, T. C. Boyle wildly impresses some critics (as he often does) but leaves a few critics wanting more. The slick, page-turning plot becomes "sadly undermined by a forced, slap-dash ending that feels as if it had been grafted on at the last minute" (New York Times...

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I've read a couple of things by TC Boyle in the New Yorker so I thought that I would try to read one of his novels. I would say that it didn't get good until page 290. The ending sucked. The epilogue didn't finish anything. The characters are selfish, in deni...more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 2 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 09:24:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 08:22:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 2 0 false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 28 03:51:40 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 03:53:40 -0700 2009
It's not that it was bad necessarily. And I do like TC Boyle as an author. I guess it's t...more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 3 0 false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:04:45 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 13:17:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 4 0 false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 19:59:08 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 22:04:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 24723 0670037702 9780670037704 873 183 Talk Talk 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543423m/24723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24723.Talk_Talk 3 0 false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:28:32 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:40:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=251187