What the Dog Saw

Finally...I have read Malcolm Gladwell's most recent book, What the Dog Saw. As usual, the focus is on a variety of sociological phenomena (such as job interviews, banning pitbulls, and birth control, to name a few) and examining a number of perspectives on each. Unlike his other books, this one is a compilation of essays he's written for The New Yorker, but which all relate back to seeing the perspectives of others. (That does include, by the way, a dog's perspective of people dependent on context, hence the title.) What I like most about Gladwell's writing is his conversational tone. Reading him is very much like sitting with someone in a coffee shop discussing similar matters. He talks with the reader through the writing, eloquently bringing in relevant research in a way that is neither dumbed-down nor overly technical. Gladwell's books gave me a much needed taste of sociological and psychological writing, which I had been neglecting due to my more recent studies of library science. : )