Malcolm Gladwell returns with his most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.
Georgia Public Broadcasting and A Cappella Books welcome bestselling author and host of the popular "Revisionist History" podcast Malcolm Gladwell to Atlanta Symphony Hall on Monday, October 12, at 7:30 PM, in honor of his new book, "The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic." Gladwell will appear in conversation with Peter Biello, host of GPB’s "All Things Considered.”
Tickets include a presigned hardcover edition of "The American Way of Killing."
Tickets can also be purchased through the ASO Box office by phone (404.733.4800).
About the Book
Malcolm Gladwell returns with his most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence. The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?
In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world’s poorest countries.
Drawing on original interviews, archival and social science research, and his trademark insight, Gladwell approaches the American paradox through a series of stories. What can we learn from the miracle of a young gunshot victim in Washington, D.C.? How have the legal troubles of a seventeenth-century English knight influenced American attempts at gun control? Why would a European police chief be baffled by the graduation ceremony at any American police academy?
In a sweeping narrative, Gladwell travels from a shooting range in North Carolina, to the South Side of Chicago, to an old plantation house in Alabama, painting a picture of a country that does not understand its most pressing social problem, and as result, does not understand how to fix it.
About the Author
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of eight New York Times bestsellers: “The Tipping Point,” “Blink,” Outliers,” “What the Dog Saw,” “David and Goliath,” “Talking to Strangers,” “The Bomber Mafia,” and “Revenge of the Tipping Point.” He is also the cofounder of Pushkin Industries, an audio-content company that produces “Revisionist History,” among other podcasts and audiobooks. He was born in England, raised in Canada, and lives outside New York with his family and a cat named Biggie Smalls.
About the Conversation Partner
Peter Biello the host of "All Things Considered" on Georgia Public Broadcasting as well as the host of "Narrative Edge," a podcast about books with Georgia connections, and the daily news podcast Georgia Today. He’s worked in public radio for nearly 20 years and has an MFA in fiction from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His fiction has appeared in various literary journals and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
