SEPTEMBER 2012

Look, I'll level with you right now: Powers' latest gave me trouble. Well, not exactly his latest—this thing dropped back in '98. What Powers sets out to prove here is how modern society got itself hooked on corporate dependency. Yeah, it's that kind of book.

Set in 1980s Japan, we meet Takashi Aoki—a sales guy riding high on his company's success. The whole country is booming, opening branches overseas left and right. Takashi eats it up. He's all about that corporate pride.