The novel “Corporation” is a chronicle of a bloodless war between two large companies, which leads to big troubles on all fronts: the world palladium market collapses; the governor is threatened by criminal authority; trade unions declare a strike against their bosses, and the President of Russia violates the law on state secrets. In the intricacies of the plot of this very plausible story, one can guess the circumstances of the business and personal lives of many real characters in the Russian business and political establishment.