I love Malcolm Gladwell.
Really. I heard his voice in an interview before I ever read his book. And I was hooked. It wasn’t just his voice. (If you’ve ever listened to any of his audiobooks you know what I’m speaking is true.)
It’s his arguments. They just seem to make sense to me. And they are also very entertaining.
His latest book, What The Dog Saw, is actually a collection of his essays from The New Yorker. The topics he covers a range from spaghetti sauce to dog whisperers to the Enron fiasco to football quarterbacks. No topic is too popular or too off beat for Gladwell to cover.
I enjoyed this collection of essays. However, I do hope that his next book is another original work rather than a collection.
So, if you’re a fan of Gladwell and you have yet to read What The Dog Saw, shame on you. If you are sceptical of this popular author, I understand. However, if you are the type of person who likes to get under the surface and truly find the answer to the question, “why?”, then you owe it to yourself to give at least a few of the stories in this collection a chance.
Have you read any of Malcolm Gladwell’s books? What do you think?