Thank You for Smoking

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Summary: Excellent read
Review: Excellent read ... had me laughing out loud in an airplane where most others were hard at work on their pc's ... light but enjoyable

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Summary: "Smoking saved my life". Yes, finally we see the light.
Review: Excellent, Excellent. I usually have to go British to find a funny book. Not to be reactionary but the irony of a reader from DC knocking this book for lack of insight or redemptive moral quality spurred me on. Thank You...is great because it doesn't bother droning. Just good biting humor, and from a true blue American. Why can't more American writers lighten up and shoot off a spoof like this more often.

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Summary: Just Plain Fun
Review: What more can you say about the abilities of an author who has you rooting for the tobacco industry before he is done. Very funny if you enjoy wry, tongue-in-cheek humor. The only knock is its lack of any insight or redemptive moral quality, but I'll take what quality I can find.

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Summary: If you must pick one book for the year- pick this one...
Review: Giggled all the way through this one. Wity, wry, fabulously written. If you have spent any time at all in the heartland of politics, you will remember this one dearly-- then pick up all of the rest of Buckley's stars!

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Summary: Fun and light
Review: This book isn't particularly serious or heavy, and it's pretty fun. The characters aren't very deep, but they're likable, and the story is fairly fast-paced, like Buckley's other books. Nothing spectacular, but a good read.

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Summary: What an excellent read!!
Review: A very witty and highly enjoyable book. Very good if you're a smoker, even better if you're trying to quit. You'll laugh with its funny realism. Buckley's account of the politics and dynamics of the media communications/image management industry is dangerously close to reality. I recommend it wholeheartedly, but be warned: you'll find it very hard to put down!

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Summary: An excellent book, except for the very last chapter
Review: I loved this book! A terrific satire of political correctness and holier-than-thou moralities. The book still rates 5 stars, even though the epilogue was a let-down for me.

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Summary: Hilarious
Review: I first listened to this book on tape during my lengthy commute to work. I liked it so much I bought the book for my sister. While listening to it on tape I could barely drive down the George Washington Memorial Parkway, incapacitated as I was by fits of laughter and constant eye wiping while alone in a car. Can't imagine what other drivers thought of me. The part about the nicotine patches was, quite possibly, the funniest and most original passage of any book I have ever read.

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Summary: Very, very funny
Review: Mr. Buckley has a gem here -- a truly original work with a clever plot, clever dialog, and clever characters. I don't normally enthusiastically recommend books to my friends because tastes vary. However, I have enthusiastically recommended this one, and it has never disappointed. I especially liked the thinly-veiled Mike Ovitz character. This is a laugh-out-loud novel -- Mr. Buckley did his old man proud.

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Summary: I'm a liberal and I loved this book!
Review: I'm a bleeding heart liberal, but a liberal with a different twist. I'm the old fashioned kind of democrat, a yellow dog one. I smoke cigarettes, and I love it when men give me cheesy compliments. I despise political correctness in every way, and I've come to blows with some of my fellow liberals on this issue. Buckley's book is witty and insightful, and it is a major hoot, even to the last page. I especially liked the character of Bobby Jay, since I am a Southerner myself. My husband (a staunch conservative) gave me this book to read. After this book, I will be reading many more of Mr. Buckley's novels.