The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Paperback)

'Taleb is a bouncy and even exhilarating guide ... I came to relish what he said, and even develop a sneaking affection for him as a person' - Will Self, Independent on Sunday

'He leaps like some superhero of the mind' Boyd Tonkin, Independent

'Funny, quirky and thought-provoking ... confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot' - John Cornwell, Sunday Times

'Idiosyncratically brilliant' - Niall Ferguson, Sunday Telegraph

'Great fun ... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious, cajoling' Stephen J. Dubner, Co-Author of Freakonomics'Great fun ... brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious, cajoling' - Freakonomics

'An idiosyncratically brilliant new book' - Sunday Telegraph

'A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by the unexpected' - Guardian

'Like the conversation of a raconteur ... hugely enjoyable - compelling' - Financial Times

'Confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot' - Sunday Times

'In the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and The Tipping Point' - Time