Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life

Embittered albeit bemused finger-wagging appears to be author Lynne Truss' specialty, and I have to say I find her newest little tome on the global lack of respect and good manners even more cutting than her bad grammar colonic, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. Both books reflect her British sense of civility with lacerating wit and shrewd observation, but this one feels more like a rant... Read Full Review

I laughed myself silly listening to this. I like it even better than reading it. Wonderful. And of course I am slowly givng it to all my friends--the nice and the rude, friends all.

Talk to the Hand By Lynne Truss Nonfiction The title explains it all. Why are we so rude to our fellow humans? Are we just to good for them? Or in a constant bad mood? The bottom line is, each and every person is not treating others with the respect that they deserve. The book, "Talk to the Hand", puts modern day society into perspective. Lynne Truss gives the reader her ideas about why people are acting the way they... Read Full Review

If memory serves, I described Lynn Truss's first audio book, "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" as great good fun and the author as having an unstoppable, irresistible wit. I'll gleefully use the same description for "Talk to the Hand," the indefatigable author/observer's take on modern manners - more accurately the lack thereof. Yes, Truss is highly amusing. Perhaps more importantly she's on target. Granted, Emily Post... Read Full Review

I really enjoyed this book -- in between my laughs, and nodding my head over very appalling behavior, this is a book that should be read. You'll be left thinking "Oh I -don't- act like that!", or seeing yourself. Truss's style is fast, witty, thought provoking and just might help to restore that marker of civilization, courtesous behavior. Along the way, there's the hassle of not being able to speak to a breathing person,... Read Full Review