Book Review - What the Dog Saw

 

Title - What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Date Read: June 2023
Rating: 👍👍👍👍

Review: I love dogs. So the title of the book caught my attention. Malcolm Gladwell is a gifted writer. The book consists of a collection of short stories he wrote over time for The New Yorker. The title of the book comes from a story about Cesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer where Malcolm describes Cesar's uncany ability to understand what is going on in the minds of dogs and through that understanding, train them to be better companions. Some of the stories in the book were not as interesting but there were enough overall to make it a worthwhile read. 

Description (Audible): Here is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias" and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate.