The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The hack job Naomi Klein does on Milton Friedman is truly despicable. Conveniently for her she released this book after he passed away and couldn't tear her argument against him to shreds.
just started james ellroy's "blood's a rover" yesterday. not sure. anyone else read it? i liked the first two of the trilogy, but this one is so amped up and conspiracy-laden ... it reads like a liberal version of Artisan Fan (if he could write).
It's the Chicago Tribune, they have a sociopath as a recruiter and turn their noses up at THEIR OWN interns.
Almost forgot, prior to Kafka on the Shore:
And it was AMAZING
Same here, eventually got to the end of the series. Somewhat hard to follow in parts but the best I have read in this genre. Amazingly entertaining. What a set of characters! It reminded me of, errrr, USA.
What are you looking for? Books about the game/philosophies of aspects of the game? Funny/realistic stories from people inside the game? Inspiring biographies/autobiographies of famous stars? There are lots of great basketball books.