Books Review of the Week: “What the Dog Saw”
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Every week, we showcase an Amazon user review from an item on the current All Topics Books Pop Fifty list. Here’s your review of the week for this week!
Review of #3 “What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures”
Review by E. Bukowsky: “”A unique perspective on the complexity of the human mind.”"
This reviewer’s rating: 4/5, average reviewer rating: 4/5
Malcolm Gladwell’s “What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures” is a compilation of the author’s favorite work from The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1996. This book is divided into three parts 1. Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius 2. Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses 3. Personality, Character, and Intelligence. In the first part, Gladwell includes portraits of a pitchman for kitchen gadgets who is so persuasive that he could sell clothing to a nudist. In addition, he discusses three female advertising pioneers, a canny investment strategist, and a “dog whisperer” who is able to tame even the most intransigent canine…





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