{"product_id":"lets-talk-9781398702226","title":"Lets Talk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  , 'Read this fascinating book and you'll become a better listener, a better conversationalist and better company' \u003cb\u003eAdam Kay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A brilliant book on the art of conversation' \u003cb\u003eMatt Haig\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A compulsory book for these divided times'\u003cb\u003e Sathnam Sanghera\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An intriguing exploration of the importance of a proper chinwag'\u003cb\u003e Sara Cox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A terrific book from a terrific broadcaster. Worryingly good''\u003cb\u003e Jeremy Vine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An insightful, important read' \u003cb\u003eStacey Dooley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A genuinely brilliant broadcaster' \u003cb\u003eMatthew Syed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A masterly book'\u003cb\u003e Matthew d'Ancona \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Brilliant in the year and just as brilliant on the page'\u003cb\u003e Anita Anand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Fascinating and thought-provoking' \u003cb\u003eJane Fallon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Informed, open-minded, fair, astute, caring and funny' \u003cb\u003eRicky Gervais \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A grand theory of conversation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe're not currently in the golden era of conversation - it has either eroded away into emojis or escalated into online wildfires. Nihal is \u003cb\u003ea master of the art of conversation\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the country's \u003cb\u003efinest\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003e smartest interviewers\u003c\/b\u003e, and his book is both \u003cb\u003ebrilliant \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003enecessary\u003c\/b\u003e. Read this \u003cb\u003efascinating book\u003c\/b\u003e and you'll become a better listener, a \u003cb\u003ebetter conversationalist \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ebetter company \u003c\/b\u003e -- Adam Kay, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThis is Going to Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e book on the art of conversation. It is entirely from the \u003cb\u003eheart\u003c\/b\u003e, an \u003cb\u003eimpassioned\u003c\/b\u003e please for more \u003cb\u003emeaningful conversation\u003c\/b\u003e amid this era of online squabbling and all too easy animosity. This isn't some half-hearted celeb effort . . . a very impassioned defence of \u003cb\u003econversation as an art\u003c\/b\u003e and one of the things that can \u003cb\u003esave and retain our humanity\u003c\/b\u003e in a world of GIFs and emojis and fifteen second digital dopamine hits. Nihal \u003cb\u003ewrites as well as he chats\u003c\/b\u003e and this book is \u003cb\u003egreat \u003c\/b\u003e-- Matt Haig, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eReasons to Stay Alive \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNihal is nothing less than the \u003cb\u003emost intelligent interviewer in British broadcasting\u003c\/b\u003e, so I had high expectations for his book on conversations, and it \u003cb\u003edoesn't disappoint\u003c\/b\u003e. It's \u003cb\u003eclever, original, surprising\u003c\/b\u003e and reading it made me appreciate why he is so good at what he does - he \u003cb\u003eactually listens\u003c\/b\u003e to the people he consults. \u003cb\u003eA compulsory book for these divided times\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sathnam Sanghera, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEmpireland \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eintriguing exploration\u003c\/b\u003e of the importance of a\u003cb\u003e proper chinwag\u003c\/b\u003e by one of our most \u003cb\u003ebrilliant broadcasters\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sara Cox, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Till the Cows Come Home \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou won't want to check your phone while you're reading this. Nihal \u003cb\u003ehits the nail on the head\u003c\/b\u003e - again, and again, and again. Breaking news: conversation isn't shouting at a crowd on social media. Nihal has\u003cb\u003e rediscovered the art\u003c\/b\u003e and we are all winners as a result. A \u003cb\u003eterrific book \u003c\/b\u003efrom a \u003cb\u003eterrific broadcaster\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eWorryingly good\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jeremy Vine, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat I Learnt \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurns out when he's interviewing all those \u003cb\u003eamazing folk\u003c\/b\u003e on 5 Live he's taking it all in and constructing\u003cb\u003e a grand theory of conversation\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dan Snow, host of the History Hit podcast and author of On \u003ci\u003eThis Day in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is \u003cb\u003eno more important task today\u003c\/b\u003e than improving the conversations we all have. And there is \u003cb\u003enobody better \u003c\/b\u003eto guide us than Nihal Arthanayake -- Matthew d'Ancona, author of \u003ci\u003ePost Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'd like to say what a \u003cb\u003egreat\u003c\/b\u003e broadcaster Nihal is. Well on his way to becoming a \u003cb\u003enational treasure\u003c\/b\u003e. 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