Thomas L. Friedman, author of
The Lexus and the Olive Tree,
The World Is Flat and
Hot, Flat, and Crowded, is one of
the global non-fiction brand authorsPenguin have sold over 600,000 copies of Friedman's previous books and over 17,000 hbs and 14,000 tpbs of this title in the two months following publicationRevised and updated with a new afterword on Brexit and Trump16 weeks on
The New York Times bestseller list
Thomas L. Friedman has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work with
The New York Times, where he serves as the foreign affairs columnist, and is read by everyone from small-business owners to President Obama. Friedman is also the author of
From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989), which won both the National Book Award and the Overseas Press Club Award,
The Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999),
Longitudes and Attitudes (2002),
The World Is Flat (2005), which won the first
Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and
Hot, Flat, and Crowded (2008). He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.His most ambitious book - part personal odyssey, part commonsense manifesto ... An honest, cohesive explanation for why the world is the way it is, without miracle cures or scapegoats. And that is why everybody should hope this book does very well indeedEngaging ... In some senses
Thank You For Being Late is an extension of [Friedman's] previous works, woven in with wonderful personal stories (including admirably honest discussions about the nature of being a columnist). What gives Friedman's book a new twist is his belief that upheaval in 2016 is actually far more dramatic than earlier phases.
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WORLD IS FLAT
We all sense it: something big is going on. Life is speeding up, and it is dizzying. Here Thomas L. Friedman reveals the tectonic movements that are reshaping our world, how to adapt to this new age and why, sometimes, we all need to be late.
'A master class ... As a guide for perplexed Westerners, this book is very hard to beat ... an honest, cohesive explanation for why the world is the way it is, without miracle cures or scapegoats' John Micklethwait, The New York Times Book Review
'Wonderful ... admirably honest ... injects a badly needed dose of optimism into the modern debate' Gillian Tett, Financial Times
'His main piece of advice for individuals, corporations, and countries is clear: Take a deep breath and adapt. This world isn't going to wait for you' Fortune
'A humane and empathetic book' David Henkin, The Washington Post
