Man in the Gray Flannel Suit II Author:Sloan Wilson This book speaks for a whole generation of Americans. They were the ones who suffered through the Depression, fought WW II, and then found themselves non-coms in America's corporate army. The strains of conformity, the straits of marriage, the stress of children and the striving for success are all faithfully recounted here. This generation o... more »f Americans believed passionately that the good life had its roots in material well-being, and when their personal experiences came unraveled, they had little understanding of where to turn.« less