The author and journalist on the cold war, his Adam’s apple, and nearly being deported
Born in England and raised in Canada, Malcolm Gladwell, 57, has written for the New Yorker since 1996. In 2000 he published The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference, the first of six bestsellers. His new book, The Bomber Mafia, is out on 27 April. He lives in New York with his partner.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I am a lifelong runner and have a runner’s snobbery. My attitude towards those who don’t run eight miles a day is socially unacceptable.
