{"product_id":"lets-talk-9781398702240","title":"Lets Talk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead this fascinating book and you'll become a better listener, a better conversationalist and better company' Adam Kay\u003cbr\u003e 'A brilliant book on the art of conversation' Matt Haig\u003cbr\u003e 'A compulsory book for these divided times' Sathnam Sanghera\u003cbr\u003e 'An intriguing exploration of the importance of a proper chinwag' Sara Cox\u003cbr\u003e 'A terrific book from a terrific broadcaster. Worryingly good'' Jeremy Vine\u003cbr\u003e 'An insightful, important read' Stacey Dooley\u003cbr\u003e 'A genuinely brilliant broadcaster' Matthew Syed\u003cbr\u003e 'Fascinating and thought-provoking' Jane Fallon\u003cbr\u003e 'Informed, open-minded, fair, astute, caring and funny' Ricky Gervais  \u003cbr\u003e 'A grand theory of conversation' Dan Snow\u003cbr\u003e 'The conversation king' Laura Whitmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conversations are broken. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While effective dialogue is supposed to lead to greater fulfilment in our personal and \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. Informed, open-minded, fair, astute, caring and funny. \u003cb\u003eA dying breed\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ricky Gervais\u003cbr\u003eAn\u003cb\u003e insightful,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eimportant\u003c\/b\u003e read -- Stacey Dooley, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003egenuinely brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e broadcaster -- Matthew Syed, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRebel Ideas \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003e thought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jane Fallon, author of 11\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eTop 10 Bestsellers\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cb\u003e conversation king \u003c\/b\u003e-- Laura Whitmore, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e No One Can Change Your Life Except For You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e in the ear and just as brilliant on the page. 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