num_pages: 164
description: This is a collection of writings by Michael Frayn, based on his column in The Guardian, covering the pomposities and inanities of public announcements, fashionable conversations, and self-advertising of all kinds.
language: English
title: Speak After the Beep: Studies in the Art of Communicating With Inanimate and Semi-Animate Objects
titlecomplete: Speak After the Beep: Studies in the Art of Communicating With Inanimate and Semi-Animate Objects
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Random House UK