This autobiography by stellar auto executive Carlos Ghosn is part family history, part memoir and, it must be acknowledged, part corporate public relations exercise. Ghosn covers his international childhood, student days and working experience at Michelin and Renault, but the meat of the content concerns his remarkable achievements at Nissan. Ghosn’s account of his work is clear and interesting, if somewhat superficial. He rarely offers original or striking insights. He tells readers what he did and sometimes why, but neither the “what” nor the “why” seem to break new ground. Ghosn may be a man of action unaccustomed to reflection, or he may be a private man who keeps his deeper conclusions to himself. We recommend his book to automotive industry readers, because it is a memoir of an industry leader. Others might enjoy the occasional memorable flash of insight – such as Ghosn’s observations on Japan’s traditional and somewhat illusory “consensus” approach to management, or his comment that Japanese business leaders do not know how to take the actions that circumstances demand. Of course, anybody else’s actions might look a little tentative in the face of Ghosn’s decisive career path.