Malcolm Gladwell, renowned author of 'The Tipping Point' and other influential books, is preparing to launch his latest work, 'The American Way of Killing,' focusing on the enduring crisis of gun violence in American society. Scheduled for release on September 29 by Little, Brown and Company, this book endeavors to examine the American experience with lethal violence through an unconventional lens.
The publisher describes the book as a prompt to consider unexpected avenues when investigating the multifaceted problem of gun-related fatalities in the United States. Gladwell weaves together a diverse range of stories to illuminate the subject, including the remarkable survival of a youthful gunshot victim in Washington, D.C., the legal complexities tied to a seventeenth-century English knight, the troubling secret held by a professor in Alabama, and the conditions of a German prison starkly different from those in America.
Adding to the multidimensional narrative, 'The American Way of Killing' will be made available as an audiobook with Gladwell himself narrating. This edition will be produced by Pushkin Industries and distributed through RBmedia.
Gladwell, who is 62 years old, began his career as a staff writer for The New Yorker and currently hosts the podcast Revisionist History, where some of the content for this new book originates. His bibliography includes best-selling titles such as 'Blink,' 'Outliers,' and 'Talking to Strangers,' each noted for their exploration of social science themes through engaging storytelling.