# A Good Talk

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- Book: [A Good Talk](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-menaker/a-good-talk) ([A Good Talk.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-menaker/a-good-talk.md))
- Authors: [Daniel Menaker](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-menaker)
- Publisher: twelve
- ISBN: 978-04-4654-001-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2011-02-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A Good Talk is an analysis of and guide to that most exclusively human of all activities - conversation. Drawing on over forty years of experience in American letters, Menaker pinpoints the factors that drive and enliven every good conversation: the vagaries (and joys) of subtext; the deeper structure and meaning of conversational flow; the subliminal signals that guide our disclosures and confessions; and the countless other hurdles we must clear along the way. Moving beyond self-help musings and 'how to' advice, he has created a stylish, funny and surprising book: a celebration of 'the most excusively human of all activities'. In a time when conversation remains deeply important - for building relationships, for relaxing, even for figuring out who we are - and also increasingly imperiled (with Blackberries and texting increasingly in vogue), CAN WE TALK? is a refreshing celebration of the subtle adventures of a good conversation.