Shakshak: An Invented Science of Praise

By Gökhan Güreser

English has nine words for a flatterer and none for a friend who notices you.

This book explains why, borrows a Turkish word to fill the gap, and then builds an entire science on top of it: a fourth faculty of the soul, a circulation system with pipes and valves, a fungus that blocks it, a diagnostic test, and an Institute to certify the whole thing.

None of the science is real. The problem underneath it is.

A satire about the cheapest thing you can give another person, and why almost nobody gives it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDG7VH8T
• ISBN13: 9798191340166
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"