{"product_id":"the-american-way-of-killing-the-invention-of-an-epidemic-9780316603782","title":"The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic by Gladwell, Malcolm","description":"\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Gladwell's most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America's epidemic of gun violence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm Gladwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.64w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316603782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Gladwell \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eight\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers: \u003ci\u003eThe Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath, Talking to Strangers, The Bomber Mafia, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRevenge of the Tipping Point\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the cofounder of Pushkin Industries, an audio-content company that produces \u003ci\u003eRevisionist History, \u003c\/i\u003eamong 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599947530393,"sku":"9780316603782","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9780316603782.jpg?v=1790889480","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-american-way-of-killing-the-invention-of-an-epidemic-9780316603782","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}