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Outliers is a non-fiction book published in 2008. Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success. To support his thesis, he examines the causes of why the majority of Canadian ice hockey players are born in the first few months of the calendar year, how Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates achieved his extreme wealth, and how two people with exceptional intelligence, Christopher Langan and J. Robert Oppenheimer, end up with such vastly different fortunes. In this book Gladwell speaks about the "10,000-Hour Rule", claiming that the key to success in any field is simply a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of 10,000 hours.

About the author
Gladwell, a writer for "The New Yorker", usually focuses on composing non-fiction articles. He wrote two books before Outliers, both of which went on to become best-sellers: "The Tipping Point" (2000) and "Blink" (2005).

Level: from upper intermediate
Score: 9/10

Gladwell tells us a lot of stories about successful people in different times and contexts. I learned a lot about different aspects of USA history: for example about the first Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York from Europe or about the Lawyer community in New York in the 1920s.

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Review written by Olga Campoy. We encourage you to send us your suggestions to help other English students. Please write to info@ziggurat.es. We will publish your ideas.

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