Imprint: Penguin
Published: 06/05/2010
ISBN: 9780141044804
Length: 432 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm
Weight: 315g
RRP: £10.99
In these breathtaking intellectual adventure stories, covering everything from criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell looks under the surface of everyday life to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about us and our world.
'Masterpieces in the art of the essay' Steven Pinker, The New York Times
'Beautiful ... brings together the writing that made Gladwell the extraordinary figure he is today ... one of the most imaginative non-fiction writers of his generation' Ian Sample, Guardian
'Chatty, perceptive, impish and amiable ... Comes exuberantly close to ... what goes on inside other people's heads' Philip Womack, Daily Telegraph
'Gladwell makes the world seem fresh and exciting again' Evening Standard
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 06/05/2010
ISBN: 9780141044804
Length: 432 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm
Weight: 315g
RRP: £10.99
Gladwell's range is impressive and his writing never less than engaging
The pieces form a dazzling record of Gladwell's art
Make your social commentary sparkle with Malcolm Gladwell's latest
He's able to examine what look like the most mundane aspects of our daily lives and to reveal the cleverness - and the strangeness - within
Vibrant, colourful and packed with surprises
Gladwell soars high