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Salvayre's odd, short novel is made up entirely of the text of a lecture given by a nameless bore who expounds ad nauseam on the "eminently French" art of conversation--an art he fears is going to the dogs: "Mediocrity, ladies and gentlemen, is going international. The fear of offending prevails more and more over the taste for talking." Our logorrheic little man is a tiresome, pompous, self-proclaimed genius w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More