The Bomber Mafia

A parable written for the age of technological disruption … brilliantly told – James McConnachie * Sunday Times *Remarkable … a work of art … one puts this book down shaking one’s head at the folly and human cost of it all – Paul Kennedy * Wall Street Journal *Gripping … in Gladwell’s deft hands, the Air Force generals of World War II come back to life as the stirring 20th-century equivalent of Adm. Horatio Nelson and his band of audacious captains from the age of fighting sail … Gladwell is a wonderful storyteller – Thomas E. Ricks * The New York Times *Impassioned … engagingly written – Saul David * Telegraph *Riveting …The Bomber Mafia looks at one of the greatest moral challenges of the Second World War – Michael Lewis * author of The Fifth Risk *Told with the muscular, driving narrative and fizzingly charismatic (real-life) characters of a movie – Ed Grenby * Radio Times *A thought-provoking, accessible account of how people respond to difficult choices in difficult times … Gladwell’s easy conversational style works well … his portraits of individuals are compelling – Diana Preston * Washington Post *Unexpected empathy … fabulistic energy * Esquire *Lively, engaging … a fascinating story – Gerard DeGroot * The Times *Important and characteristically readable … Gladwell is possibly the most confident storyteller in non-fiction. He always knows exactly where he is going, and he takes you with him in pleasure and comfort. – Simon Kuper * New Statesman *

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of six international bestsellers- The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath and most recently, Talking to Strangers. He is the host of the podcast Revisionist History, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and co-founder of the audio company Pushkin Industries. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He lives in New York.