Corridors of Power (novel) Corridors of Power (novel) Corridors of Power is the ninth book in C. P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" series. Its title had become a household phrase referring to the centres of government and power after Snow coined it in his earlier novel, "Homecomings". (A slightly rueful Foreword to "Corridors of Power" expresses the hope that he is at least entitled to use his own cliché.) "Corridors of Power" is concerned with the attempts of an English MP to influence the country's policy on nuclear weapons in the 1950s. The central character is Roger Quaife, an ambitious politician and Cabinet Minister.
The End of Power these developments have created a fluid and unpredictable environment which has unsettled the traditional dominions of power. On January 2, 2015, Mark Zuckerberg selected "The End of Power" as his inaugural pick for his "Year of Books" challenge for the Mark Zuckerberg book club, a public resolution to read one new book every two weeks in 2015. "Washington Post" wrote, “It’s not just that power shifts from one country to another, from one political party to another, from one business model to another, Naim argues; it’s this: 'Power is decaying.'” "Forbes" called the book the “ankle-biter economy.” "The End of