"Talk" is a hilariously irreverent and racy testament to dialogue: the gossip, q
uestioning, analysis, arguments, and revelations that make up our closest friend
ships. It s the summer of 1965 and Emily, Vincent, and Marsha are at the beach.
All three are ambitious and artistic; all are hovering around thirty; and all ar
e deeply and mercilessly invested in analyzing themselves and everyone around th
em. The friends discuss sex, shrinks, psychedelics, sculpture, and S and M in an
ongoing dialogue where anything goes and no topic is off limits. "Talk" is the
result of these conversations, recorded by Linda Rosenkrantz and transformed int
o a novel whose form and content put it well ahead of its time. Controversial up
on its first publication in 1968, "Talk" remains fresh, lascivious, and laugh-ou
t-loud funny nearly fifty years later."
