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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures |  | Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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ISBN: 0316075841
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Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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A compilation of Malcom Gladwell's favorite work from his writings at The New Yorker.
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 Good Book for the Curious July 24, 2010
Eliza D
If you have a curious mind that likes to wonder about the origins and stories of things as obscure as tomato ketchup, Malcolm Gladwell's articles will (partly) sate your curiousity. This is a brilliant collection of his New Yorker articles, and Malcolm is especially good at dovetailing research with story, making each piece enlightening and intriguing. It makes you want to know more.
I particularly liked his chapter on Late Bloomers, and the research findings here ties in very nicely with his book "Outliers" where he argues that success is more often than not a congruence of factors, and not just a few. In Late Bloomers, Malcolm argues that those whose talents are recognised late in life often owe it to generous and supportive patrons who encourage their work and who believe in them when the rest of the world would happily have ignored them.
The chapter on why there isn't much variety of tomato ketchup is also excellent, and some of the insights he shares into the human mind (and our emotions) are refreshing views.
This is a wondeful collection of essays. Highly recommended even for those who normally stay away from non-fiction.
Thought provoking July 12, 2010
Ilya Grigorik (Toronto, ON, Canada)
The book is a collection of "intellectual adventure stories", as the author calls them, spanning a wide variety of subjects, but many of which all of us deal with in everyday life: paradox of choice, dealing with uncertainty, prodigy vs. late bloomer, and the list goes on. Each of the stories is a highly engaging read and one that is guaranteed to make you re-examine your own beliefs and assumptions.
The first time I've picked up the book, I've read right through it - it's hard to stop. Since then, I have enjoyed going back to re-read specific stories several times only to discover more nuance and ideas to stimulate my own thinking and discussions with friends.
Last but not least, it should be noted that most of these stories have appeared in The New Yorker and you can also find them for free on authors own site. Having said that, it is a fantastic book and one well worth the investment.
 Passes as a book, but was better off as individual articles July 10, 2010
Sheetal Bahl (New Delhi, India)
Let me start by saying that I am a complete fan of Malcolm Gladwell's intellect, and his writing capabilities. I think he is an outstanding thinker, and his ability to see the big picture, dive into the details, connect the dots, and draw inferences is spectacular. Further, he is a great writer, and his ability to translate complex ideas into simple, pleasant reading is second to none. Hence, I will always read whatever he writes.
The above notwithstanding, I can't help feeling let down by this book. Here's what the book really felt like: a long, long after-dinner, brandy supping, fireplace confabulation about a set of desultory ideas and opinions between the author and a bunch of other smart people. Some of those conversations hit bull's eye, while others entirely missed the board. It wasn't that there were badly written pieces - in fact, Gladwell continues to write extremely well and still manages to keep one engaged, but one couldn't help wondering what the purpose of some of the pieces was. Some articles have a point, make you think once you are done with them, but a lot of pieces just end arbitrarily. They feel more like pieces of fiction then insightful and deductive pieces of logic. And while that isn't necessarily bad, it isn't what one expects of a Gladwell book. I'm willing to give a little more credit for the writing because I think it might have made much more sense as individual newspaper / journal articles, but then why collect them into a book? Shouldn't there me some thematic connection and sensibility about the whole thing?
Overall, I'd still suggest reading it, though I wouldn't make it a top priority. And when you do read it, use it as a background book, and read it as individual pieces over a period of time - you'll probably enjoy it more that way.
Worth a read June 20, 2010
Julia Carcamo
Typical Gladwell book. Some readers may not find anything "new". There were some really interesting stories though of things I never thought of. All in all, worth a read. It's quick and you will get something out of it.
For the Archives or For the Fish? June 12, 2010
4321dud (OC, CA)
So is this book a rip off or a treasure? . This book comprises Gladwell's favorite articles he published in the New Yorker. If you've read these articles already, why buy the book? As for me, I don't read the New Yorker (we don't have to do that kind of thing out here in California), so the book's pieces were new to me. I liked the book. Gladwell presents a quirky perspective on a range of topics you might not of thought to even think about. For instance, ketchup. Beyond that, I didn't have much of an understanding of Enron before the book, but Gladwell entertainingly explained that mess in a way I could comprehend. And because of this book, I am adding Nassim Taleb's book The Black Swan to my Amazon wish list. And I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that the difference between a crime of evil and a crime of illness is the difference between sin and a symptom. I don't know why I just came up with that statement out of the blue. Anyway, I have to give this book at least 4 stars, because my wife gave it to me for my birthday.
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