I will be doing a short tour of the U.K. next week, speaking on a brand new mystery topic! I'll be in Edinburgh on Sunday May 9th, Oxford on the 10th, Manchester on the 11th and Newcastle on the 12th. Tickets and more information are available at: http://www.malcolmgladwell-live.com/ In Sunday’s New York Times Book Review, Steven Pinker responds to my description of him as occupying the “lonely i