A review by tim_ohearn
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

4.0

Freakonomics with history lessons. Though the coupling between unrelated events may be exaggerated for the sake of defending a thesis, the book is deeply thought-provoking. What makes books like this so appealing is that the discoveries aren't painfully controversial--you feel invigorated, if a bit edgy--being seduced to the author's way of thinking. Underdog stories sell. Fresh takes on underdog stories sell even better. Though you'll probably read, in a paper published ten years later, that someone did take issue with a few statements and took steps to exhaustively disprove them, that doesn't really matter. This was my first Malcolm Gladwell book and it won't be my last.