ENTERTAINMENT - What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

I’m feeling under the weather this morning, so I’m going to briefly share my favorite recent read that I highly recommend. If you haven’t already read What the Dog Saw (or any of Malcolm Gladwell’s books for that matter), then you’re missing out on a truly entertaining, thought-provoking and adventurous experience. I couldn’t put this one down, and I’m still meditating on it a week later. Reading Gladwell is like reading the most intriguing psychology or sociology textbooks but with the ease and enjoyment of reading a favorite magazine.

What the Dog Saw presents a collection of Malcolm Gladwell’s fascinating writings from The New Yorker, organized into three parts:

Part One – Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius
“To a worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish.”

Part Two – Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses
“It was like driving down an interstate looking through a soda straw.”

Part Three – Personality, Character, and Intelligence
“ ‘He’ll be wearing a doubled-breasted suit. Buttoned.’ – and he was."

REVIEWS FROM THE BACK COVER

“The most original American journalist since the young Tom Wolfe….Nobody else writes the kind of stories he does, because nobody else thinks the way he does.”
–Baltimore Sun

“In the vast world of nonfiction writing, Malcolm Gladwell is as close to a singular talent as exists today.”
–New York Times Book Review

“Gladwell’s real genius is as a storyteller. He’s like an omniscient, many-armed Hindu god of anecdotes: he plucks them from every imaginable field of human endeavor.”
–Time

“Gladwell’s unique talent as a journalist at The New Yorker is that he can look at seemingly mundane things…and find valuable lessons about what makes human beings human.”
–Chicago Sun-Times
 

Other Gladwell Must-Reads:
Outliers: The Story of Success
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference