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Gladwell's range is impressive and his writing never less than engaging (FT )
The pieces form a dazzling record of Gladwell's art (Guardian )
Make your social commentary sparkle with Malcolm Gladwell's latest (Sunday Times )
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 (Sunday Telegraph )
Vibrant, colourful and packed with surprises (Guardian )
Gladwell soars high (Spectator )
The pieces form a dazzling record of Gladwell's art (Guardian )
Make your social commentary sparkle with Malcolm Gladwell's latest (Sunday Times )
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 (Sunday Telegraph )
Vibrant, colourful and packed with surprises (Guardian )
Gladwell soars high (Spectator )
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In this brilliant and provocative book, covering everything from criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell shows how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about us and our world.
Looking under the surface of the seemingly mundane, he explores the underdogs, the overlooked, the curious, the miraculous and the disastrous, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an incredible story. What the Dog Saw is Gladwell at his very best - asking questions and finding surprising answers.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Take care!!,
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This review is from: What the Dog Saw: and other adventures (Hardcover)
I am a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell, and have read all his books. However, take care, if you are a fan of Malcolm Gladwell, you will be disappointed in this book as most of the ideas have been re-written and expanded in his other books, and there will be very little that is new to you. If you are new to Malcolm Gladwell, this jumbled collection of short pieces is probably not the best place to start being blown away by his ideas and writing. This book is a pulling together of his articles, but as I said, all his good ideas have been expanded upon in his other books. I feel this book is a lazy money making exercise by Malcolm's publishers.
47 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
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What the Gladwell fan saw,
By Rbby "crockett" (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What the Dog Saw: and other adventures (Hardcover)
I have followed Malcolm Gladwell for a long time, and look forward to reading his work. He is thoughtful, lateral, creative. He writes simply and conveys difficult concepts simply. Gladwell has become an important writer. And for me Outliers has been one of my most important reads of the last few years.
All the same, with What the dog saw, Malcolm could do better. Most of the articles I had previously read through the magazine that he writes for and I subscribe to. This could've been stated on the dust-sheet but wasn't. The book was great, Gladwell wrote it. But... I had read it before in New Yorker-size installments. I'm now conflicted. I don't tire easily of reading the works of Malclom Gladwell. Repackaging old New Yorker copy to compile What the dog saw, and not making this clear to readers is unfair. Gladwell and his publishers should be careful not to alienate their long-term loyalists.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mildly entertaining, nowhere near as good as his other work.,
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This review is from: What the Dog Saw: and other adventures (Paperback)
If you're expecting a bundle of short essays in the style of 'blink' or 'the tipping point', you're going to be dissapointed. This book lacks the wit and wonder of Gladwell's best work. Instead, what you get is a series of only mildly entertaining stories about the life and work of a range of characters from all works of life.
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