![]() ![]() ![]() Goliath didn’t stand a chance, and he should have turned tail to run for the hills. Gladwell counterintuitively explains that David actually had everything on his side: speed, maneuverability, and a sling and stone that were deadly from a distance. ![]() ![]() Add to these his latest book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Little, Brown, 2013), which shot straight up the bestseller lists and begins by reappraising one of the most famous stories of the Bible. His New York Times bestsellers include What the Dog Saw, Outliers, Blink, and The Tipping Point, which all present fresh views of cultural commonplaces, from the mystique of ketchup to hero legends. The beauty of Gladwell’s role as an intellectual provocateur is that he jolts us into seeing things anew. Or he proves them right after all - but for a completely different reason than we ever imagined. As a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of four previous books, he has created a niche for himself by questioning assumptions that we hold as blatant, undeniable, indisputable truths. Or at least what we all believe is the obvious. Malcolm Gladwell loves to challenge the obvious. ![]()
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