The product is a latex mask fitted with tiny speakers that, when placed on an infant's head, translates the baby's babbling into adult speech. Faniglia, a customer who is unhappy with the purchase. Of In Persuasion Nation, Salon's Laura Miller wrote, "When he's firing on all cylinders, no one beats George Saunders at rendering the comic nightmare of life as a wage slave in contemporary America." The first story, "I CAN SPEAK!TM," takes the form of a long letter written by a representative of a company that sells a product called I CAN SPEAK. Its twelve stories were published between 19 in a number of magazines and literary journals, including The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and McSweeney's. In Persuasion Nation (2006) is a satirical short story collection by the American author George Saunders.
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