Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell

In July 2015, a young woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over by a cop for a minor traffic violation in rural Texas. Minutes after her arrest she was sent to jail. Three days later she committed suicide in her cell. What's wrong with all this? Talking to Strangers book deals with the issue of our meeting with strangers, and how do we misunderstand them? How can we be logical in illogical circumstances? Why are we so bad at judging others, at interpreting their facial expressions, or at detecting their lies? Why do we fail to understand them? Through a series of mysteries, confrontations and misunderstandings, and from relatable short stories to outrageous legal cases, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a journey through the unexpected. In this book, you'll read about a spy who spent years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the man who exposed the truth about the fraudster Bernimadoff, the suicide of poet Sylvia Plath, and the wrongful conviction of Amanda Knox. In the end, you will discover that strangers are not simple characters at all. No one will reveal our insides like Malcolm Gladwell. Through the pages of this book, he presents the motives behind our actions, and how we can get to know more about those you do not know.