Talking to Strangers What We Should Know About the People WeDon t Know

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The No.1 international bestselling author back with a powerful and provocative exploration of why we so often misread other people

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives?

Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

No one challenges our shared assumptions like Malcolm Gladwell. Here he uses stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, inviting us to rethink our thinking in these troubled times.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780141988498
Published: April 2020

Number of pages: 416
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 23 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd