{"product_id":"the-american-way-of-killing-the-invention-of-an-epidemic-hardcover","title":"The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Gladwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Gladwell's most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America's epidemic of gun violence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.07 x 8.27 x 5.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44810936647739,"sku":"9780316603782","price":40.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2274\/9755\/files\/7xSm0Jp9jf9780316603782.webp?v=1793310677","url":"https:\/\/bookshopclassics.shop\/products\/the-american-way-of-killing-the-invention-of-an-epidemic-hardcover","provider":"Bookshop Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}