Confessions of an Economic Hit Man   John Perkins
Incredibly self-absorbed and indulgent book about Perkins’ experiences serving the American “corporatocracy” in the 1970s through early 2000s. Embarrassingly adolescent writing and thinking, especially the painfully dumb epilogue. Much of the information he provides, without much detail, is better revealed from other sources. Not good, waste of time really. Too bad.

Near Enemy   Adam Sternbergh
Entertaining novel about the further adventures of the garbage man-hit man amusingly named Spademan in a post-dirty bomb New York. Quick, crisp prose moves things right along in and out of the limnospere. A fun escape.