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Author:agent David Brooks

Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Conversation

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'Two strangers meet in a restaurant in a piazza in the Italian city of Trieste. Stephen, an Australian engineer living in Paris, and Irena, an Italian translator, share a meal and exchange stories in an atmosphere of geniality and refinement.

'As the story gradually unfolds in conversation, the reader is treated to Brooks' effortless reflections on culture, language, history, art, love and desire, and all of the thoughts and sensations that strike an Australian in Europe. The play of culture, philosophy and food is reminiscent of John Lanchester's brilliant The Debt to Pleasure. The chapter titles, Antipasti, followed by Primi Piatti, and Insalata etc., add to the atmosphere of delightful indulgence.' (From the publisher's website.)

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Epigraph:
Socrates : Dear Phaedrus! Where are you coming from, and where are you going?

Phaedrus: I'm coming from Lysias, son of Cephalus, and I am going to take a walk outside the wall.

Plato, Phaedrus

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Battered Zucchini Flowers : Julia Miller Reviews ‘The Conversation’ by David Brooks Julia Miller , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September - November no. 9 2013;
— Review of The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel

[Review] The Conversation Marilla North , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 242-246)
— Review of The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel

WA Premier's Choice Award Finalist William Yeoman , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 July (p. 6)

List Confirms Writing Vigour William Yeoman , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 2 July 2013; (p. 6-7)

[Review] The Conversation Gillian Bramley-Moore , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 29-30 December 2012; (p. 68)
— Review of The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel

[Review] The Conversation John Purcell , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel

Life’s Questions Digested in a Chance Encounter of Minds Kate Holden , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 - 11 November 2012; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel

Eat Me Cassandra Atherton , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 346 2012; (p. 28)
— Review of The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel

Well Read Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 October 2012; (p. 38)
— Review of Street to Street Brian Castro , 2012 single work novella ; The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel

Pass the Wine and Spill a Secret Peter Pierce , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 31) The Saturday Age , 15 December 2012; (p. 29)
— Review of The Conversation David Brooks , 2012 single work novel