Summary of Peter Chapman's Bananas

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Pan-American building on New York’s Park Avenue was the site of another suicide in 1975. Eli Black, the head of United Brands, a large food corporation, had thrown himself from the forty-fourth floor. He was a man of exceptional morality, it was said. #2 I was a student at the University of Sussex in 1975, and I remember being shocked by the death of Black. The idea that anyone who ran United Fruit could b