September 30, 2006

gladwell on lewis

Malcolm Gladwell on Michael Lewis’s new book

The degree of difficulty on telling the story of Michael Oher was really really high. Trust me. It was. It was all that I could think of when I was reading the book. … And if you don’t believe me, just try writing an emotionally moving. full-length account of an essentially pathologically shy, inarticulate teenager.

And via Kottke via Steve Rhodes, Michael Krasny’s interview with Lewis.