▁Category : Mac ross ▁Category : Media ▁companies ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁Category : 1 9 7 8 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁Japan ▁Category : Mus ash ino , ▁Tokyo ▁Category : Art land ▁( company ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Trans ition ▁ ▁is ▁a ▁novel ▁by ▁Scottish ▁writer ▁I ain ▁B anks , ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁American ▁edition ▁was ▁published ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁" I ain ▁M . ▁B anks ", ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁B anks ▁used ▁for ▁his ▁science ▁fiction ▁work . ▁ ▁Background ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁The ▁Guardian ▁B anks ▁explained ▁what ▁he ▁was ▁aim ing ▁for , ▁" With ▁Trans ition , ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁prove ▁something . ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁show ▁I ▁could ▁do ▁something ▁like ▁The ▁Bridge ▁again ▁because ▁until ▁now , ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁my ▁favour ite ." ▁ ▁While ▁he ▁has ▁ins isted ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁a ▁comment ary ▁on ▁American ▁imperial ism ▁(" I ▁don ' t ▁think ▁it ' s ▁about ▁America ▁per ▁se ; ▁it ' s ▁more ▁about ▁power ▁and ▁the ▁way ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁w ield ed ▁in ▁general ") ▁he ▁does ▁admit ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁The ▁Phil os opher ▁is ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁address ing ▁the ▁Ab u ▁Gh ra ib ▁tort ure ▁and ▁prisoner ▁ab use ▁sc andal . ▁ ▁Plot ▁summary ▁Set ▁between ▁the ▁dis m ant ling ▁of ▁the ▁Berlin ▁Wall ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁financial ▁crisis , ▁Trans ition ▁cent