{"product_id":"talkative-man-talks-ramnath-subramanian-9781387810826","title":"Talkative Man Talks: ...and other conversations","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ramnath Subramanian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1387810820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781387810826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Ramnath Subramanian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076249645311,"sku":"9781387810826","price":10.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6ed3d33-1e12-4c03-854c-217e99b13028.jpg?v=1685463967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talkative-man-talks-ramnath-subramanian-9781387810826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}