The release date for the English version of 'Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know' by
Malcolm Gladwell is Sep 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Malcolm Gladwell, the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers author and presenter of the podcast Revisionist History, provides a compelling analysis of our relationships with strangers and the reasons they often go wrong.
How was the CIA tricked by Fidel Castro for a whole generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain believe Adolf Hitler was someone he could trust? Why are more sexual assaults occurring on campuses? Do sitcoms on television impart false lessons about how we interact to one another?
Malcolm Gladwell was addressing these issues rather than creating a book only for the page. He was making things for the ears as well. The audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers has the testimonies of the individuals he spoke with, including criminologists, biologists, and military psychologists. Reenactments give court transcripts a dynamic feel. You can literally hear Sandra Bland's acrimonious arrest in Texas on the side of the road. Gladwell provides firsthand accounts from several participants in the real-life catastrophes, including the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, Amanda Knox's trial, and Sylvia Plath's death. The theme tune is "Hell You Talmbout" by Janelle Monae.
Gladwell contends that there is a serious problem with the methods and techniques we use to interpret strangers. Furthermore, we are fostering conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a significant impact on both our lives and the world at large because we lack social skills when conversing with strangers.