Customer Reviews
Very good although may be too similar to TH 1 - By: , 30 Dec 2001 
The topics covered are similar to TH 1 but they are exploredin different ways.
Again Bennett is ahead of his time, for example his portrayal of child abuse.
Throughout all of them we feel that the monologue is the only voice the subjects have & that they cannot talk to anyone else about the saddnessin their lives. We are left feeling sympathy & pain for the charatcters.
Above all this is of high Bennett standard & the style awards no surprises.
Insightful and witty - By: , 16 Mar 2000 Bennett's first Talking Heads was foisted upon me as an A Level student. I enjoyed every word. I recently read the second & consumed it within hours.
In Talking Heads 2 Bennett recreates an insightful & understanding picture of the 'extraordinary' & disappointing nature of ordinary lives, & yet it is entirely original & stands alone from his earlier work.
Life is demonstrated as being punctuated by sadness, regret, & necessary fortitude. It is the ordinary nature & commonality of such emotions which appeals to the reader & envinces a response of complete understanding & the ability to predict the outcome of the monologues as their events ensue.
The presentation of these themes through black humour somehow suggests the tragedy of human experience: for example the wife who is waiting for her husband's prostate to give out so that she can be free.
However, these monologues will cause tears of laughter as well as sadness; the pity you might otherwise dwell upon becomes a wry comment on the vagaries of our existence rather than a depressive look at the self-defeating nature of change.
makes one think of the passage through life - By: , 17 May 1999 
We have just read this as the first choice of our new book circle! Contributions ranged from the observations of those who had seen the monologues performed & also read the first issue of talking heads. It isn't a book that I would have chosen but after reading it I found it to be entertaining with the twist & turns of the hand of god, foot fetishes, paedophiles, kinky sex, murder etc. We were relating it to people we have all met during our lifetime. Some were naive & didn't believe such things happened. I believe it's all related to the experiences of the author. I await the next issue.
