Author event with Malcolm Gladwell

Parnassus Books and Vanderbilt University present an evening with Malcolm Gladwell for his new book, THE AMERICAN WAY OF KILLING. Parnassus Books and Vaderbilt University are thrilled to present an evening with Malcolm Gladwell, in conversation with Lee C. Camp, to celebrate his new book, The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic. This is a ticketed event and will take place at 6:30 PM CT on Tuesday, October 20th, in the Langford Auditorium on the Vanderbilt Campus. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Ticketing: You must have a ticket to attend this event. Each ticket is $38.00 (plus Eventbrite fee) and includes one general admission seat and one pre-signed copy of The American Way of Killing. Please note: All books will be pre-signed. There will NOT be a signing line for personalizations, books from home, or photos following this event. Parking: You may park in the 25th Ave. garage, which you can enter via 24th Ave. The address of the garage is 1404 25th Ave. S. 37212. Parking is available on levels 3 - 10. MAP -- https://parnassusbooks.net/sites/default/files/2025-/25th%20Ave%20Garage%20.pdf We always encourage ride share options. About the Book: Malcolm Gladwell returns with his most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America's epidemic of gun violence. The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why? In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American "peculiarity"--how the world's wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world's poorest countries. Drawing on original interviews, archival and social science research, and his trademark insight, Gladwell approaches the American paradox through a series of stories. What can we learn from the miracle of a young gunshot victim in Washington, D.C.? How have the legal troubles of a seventeenth-century English knight influenced American attempts at gun control? Why would a European police chief be baffled by the graduation ceremony at any American police academy? In a sweeping narrative, Gladwell travels from a shooting range in North Carolina, to the South Side of Chicago, to an old plantation house in Alabama, painting a picture of a country that does not understand its most pressing social problem, and as result, does not understand how to fix it. About the Author: Malcolm Gladwell is the author of eight New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath, Talking to Strangers, The Bomber Mafia, and Revenge of the Tipping Point. He is also the cofounder of Pushkin Industries, an audio-content company that produces Revisionist History, among other podcasts and audiobooks. He was born in England, raised in Canada, and lives outside New York with his family and a cat named Biggie Smalls. About Lee C. Camp: Lee C. Camp is the host of the award-winning podcast and nationally syndicated public radio show, No Small Endeavor, distributed by PRX. He was formerly a Professor of Theology & Ethics at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Following seminary (M.Div., Abilene Christian University), he completed a graduate degree in Moral Theology (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame). Lee is an Alabamian by birth, married to Laura with whom he shares three adult sons, and has happily made Nashville home for the last 25 years.