Banana (2007)

Dan Koeppel embarks on an adventurous trek across Central America, Africa, and Southeast Asia to trace the dramatic global expansion and existential peril of the commercial banana. His investigations reveal a sinister history of corporate imperialism, military coups, and shadowy shipping networks orchestrated by banana barons in Latin America. Written with the pacing of an international investigative thriller, this book takes readers into jungle plantations and remote laboratories battling to rescue a monoculture crop on the brink of collapse.