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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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