Talkative Man Talks: ...and other conversations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781387810826)

During the course of writing a weekly newspaper column for the El Paso Times for 20 years, I invented several characters-Talkative Man, The Whip, the Mayor of Trance Town, among them-whose conversations and interactions provided a useful vehicle for carrying certain ideas forward. I took this approach in the belief that satirical, verbal exchanges between colorful characters in whimsical settings-such as, the Loose Marbles School District-can expose the cracks in human nature and political systems with greater economy and alacrity than regular prose. In the vignettes included in this collection, a removal of the disguise of nonsense and flamboyancy offers a window through which the real world comes into view, replete with contradictions, corruptions, and celebrations.

Author: Ramnath Subramanian
ISBN-10: 1387810820
ISBN-13: 9781387810826
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2022
Pages: 70
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.15d