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ISBN: 9780670037704

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contemporary,literature and fiction,mystery,mystery thriller and suspense,suspense,thrillers, 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 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.

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First Edition, First Printing. Full number line. Pages clean, crisp, unmarked. Binding square and straight. No creasing in spine area. Cover bright, clean, minimal edge wear, no bumped corners. Dust jacket bright, clean, minimal edge wear. Nonsmoking and pet free seller.Boyle brings all these comedic features to his novel Talk Talk. The main subject of Talk Talk is identity theft, a rapidly growing problem of the electronic information age. Along the way Boyle takes satiric shots at such diverse targets as brown-shirted police, the bureaucratic court system, lawyers, consumerism, haute cuisine, workplace politics, the dumbing down of the media, fast food, and bias against the deaf. He also gives due recognition to the mushrooming technological ambience: In a way, Talk Talk could be called the first saga of the cell phone, which comes into play frequently in the novel. The novel also combines elements of the detective mystery, the chase story, the revenge novel, the disability story, and the existential quest.Divided into five parts, Talk Talk takes place over part of a summer. The novel follows a roughly chronological order that is broken by bits of background and brief flashbacks that help to explain the characters. The novel also shifts scenes and points of view among the three major characters, providing contrast, drama, and suspense as the mystery unravels and the chase ensues.

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Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle / Signed First Edition Book, Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2006 NY: Penguin First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a flawless dust jacket, signed by the author. Each dust jacket is protected in an acid-free archival quality acetate cover.