The Art of Conversation by Catherine Blyth

By Eithne Farry  on Thursday 6 November 2008

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Mixing philosophy with literature Catherine Blyth wittily encourages conversation

It seems we’ve forgotten how to talk. The art of face-to-face engagement has lost its allure as the world of facebook has seduced us. Catherine Blyth is on mission to convert us back to pleasures of good conversation in this charming, celebratory look at repartee. Wittily mixing up philosophy with literature, blending science with psychology, and with a nod to the great chatterers of history, she persuasively argues the case for banter and badinage - it’s free, its fun and it gets your brain cells firing like the prettiest of firework displays.

Review by Eithne Farry

Release date: Thursday 6 November 2008

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