Talking to Strangers is a book by Malcolm Gladwell that explores the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland. Gladwell argues that something is very wrong with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know, and because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. This book is a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news, and is a gripping guidebook for troubled times.