11 November 2008
Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers
The internet is a twitter over new features on Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Outliers: The Story of Success, with a rumoured $4 million advance given by his publishers and bound to surpass his two previous bestsellers, The Tipping Point and Blink.
From the Globe to the New York Times, two out of three articles I read yesterday referred to him as a “geek pop star”. But leave it to New York magazine to introduce a new adjective, gladwellian, as well as providing the most in-depth, lengthy coverage of them all. Outliers hits stores on November 18, 2008.
André
11/11 at 01:07 PM
I will gladly accept this book as a late birthday present or an early xmas present. Frankly, it would be downright gladwellian to gift me this book.
johnny
11/11 at 01:38 PM
So is he writing a book about how he doesnt know why he’s successful?
jackie
11/11 at 10:38 PM
I think he knows why he’s successful – in part, he attributes it to his latest idea of a 10,000 hour rule. Apparently that much practice makes perfect.