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    <body><![CDATA[Funny little biting political satire on the nonsense that goes on in Washington (and Hollywood, to a lesser extent); the money that changes hands, the souls that are sold, the amoral deals that are made, the shrieking hysterical harpies on each side of a divisive issue (smoking, in this case) that a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49505607">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nobody blows smoke like Nick Naylor. He’s a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies–in other words, a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He’s so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he’s become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of the original Puff Daddy?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second time I have read this book. I remember that the first time I read it, I was somewhat confused by the various plot twists and what seemed like hundreds of characters. As a result I gave up in the middle of reading it. After finding it in my room recently and restarting it, I am dis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39070324">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nick Naylor menyukai pekerjaannya sebagai juru bicara industri tembakau--perusahaan rokok Amerika yang sudah berhasil menembus pasar Asia secara besar-besaran--Nam, Laos, Kamboja, Indonesia, dan Cina. Di tahun sembilan puluhan yang Neo-Puritan, melindungi hak-hak perokok merupakan tantangan, dan mendukung kebebasan mereka merupakan kehormatan istimewa.<br/><br/>Pasti menyakitkan kalau disamakan dengan penjahat perang Nazi, padahal Nick melakukannya hanya supaya bisa hidup layak dan bisa memasukkan putranya ke sekolah terbaik. Ia sanggup menghadapi tekanan dari pendukung fanatik antirokok, tapi ia tidak begitu yakin dengan atasannya, yang sepertinya gatal ingin menyingkirkannya.<br/><br/>Di bawah tekanan untuk berhasil, Nick sering muncul dalam acara-acara TV untuk berdebat dan menjadi semakin terkenal. Tapi ia juga diincar seseorang yang ingin membuktikan betapa rokok bisa sangat berbahaya. Jika lengah, Nick akan habis terbakar seperti puntung rokok.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Karena sudah nonton dan suka banget filmnya, maka waktu lihat novel ini terpajang di stand buku baru Gramedia langsung saja disambar. Meskipun begitu, ternyata nggak sempat terus bacanya, kalah sama buku-buku yang terbit belakangan (terutama manga yang terbit saban minggu). Setelah berbulan-bulan ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69959027">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nobody blows smoke like Nick Naylor. He’s a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies–in other words, a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He’s so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he’s become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of the original Puff Daddy?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Buckley has a very dry sense of humor. A good example is the name of the main character, Nick Naylor, a lobbyist for the tabacco industry. &quot;Nick&quot; for nicotine and &quot;Naylor&quot; for coffin nails. a euphemism for cigarettes. The other lobbyists featured in the book are for alcohol and g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58482606">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nobody blows smoke like Nick Naylor. He’s a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies–in other words, a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He’s so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he’s become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of the original Puff Daddy?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny! I've begun to really appreciate Buckley's humor. Nick is a PR man for a tobacco lobby, and in the course of his job he must say outrageously false things with a sincere face...and he does. His best friends work as lobbyists for the booze firearms industries. They call themselves the MOD Squad...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39073954">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nobody blows smoke like Nick Naylor. He’s a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies–in other words, a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He’s so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he’s become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of the original Puff Daddy?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The movie of this book... is possibly the worst I've seen of a movie from a book... The movie totally butchered the story altogether... they skipped Jeanette all together and the kidnapping wasn't even a main part... If you haven't watched the movie, read the book first. If you have, you should stil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53006971">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Nick Naylor had been called many things since becoming chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. But until now no one had actually compared him to Satan.&quot; They might as well have, though. &quot;Gucci Goebbels,&quot; &quot;yuppie Mephistopheles,&quot; and &quot;death merchant&quot; are just a few endearments Naylor has earned himself as the tobacco lobby's premier spin doctor. The hero of <em>Thank You for Smoking</em> does of course have his fans. His arguments against the neo-puritanical antismoking trends of the '90s have made him a repeat guest on <em>Larry King</em>, and the granddaddy of Winston-Salem wants him to be the anointed heir. Still, his newfound notoriety has unleashed a deluge of death threats.<p>  Christopher Buckley's satirical gift shines in this hilarious look at the ironies of &quot;personal freedom&quot; and the unbearable smugness of political correctness. Bracing in its cynicism, <em>Thank You for Smoking</em> is a delightful meander off the beaten path of mainstream American ethics. And despite his hypertension-inducing, slander-splattered, morally bankrupt behavior--which leads one Larry King listener to describe him as &quot;lower than whale crap&quot;--you'll find yourself rooting for smoking's mass enabler. <em>--Rebekah Warren</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Christopher Buckley does a good job keeping the reader interested, using quite a bit of dry humor mixed with seemingly true (but sad) &quot;facts&quot; about smoking and the power of marketing.  I do not read so many novels, and perhaps this is why when I do they seem like easy reads.  This one is n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47888364">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was so absurd that it was hilarious. The author is great at exaggerating the politics surrounding the tobacco companies. The main character spends his career trying make people believe that smoking is not bad for you by making false statements, trying to get Hollywood to get people to smoke in mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59633819">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Christopher Buckley is my new favorite author (even though this is the first of his books that I've read).  The characters were so nuanced they practically leaped off the page.<br/><br/>Nick Naylor is the chief spokesman for Big Tobacco in the 90s, and he is a brilliant spin doctor.  He is the guy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54286607">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nobody blows smoke like Nick Naylor. He’s a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies–in other words, a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He’s so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he’s become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of the original Puff Daddy?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=1162">STOP SMILING interview</a> with <em>Thank You For Smoking</em> author <strong>Christopher Buckley</strong>:<br/><br/><strong>HUMOR IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL</strong><br/>By Chris Haskell<br/><br/>(This interview originally appeared in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.stopsmilingstore.com/issue37thedcissue.aspx">STOP SMILING <em>DC ISSUE</em></a>)<br/><br/>There are many ways of defining Christopher Buckley. He...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41994237">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nobody blows smoke like Nick Naylor. He’s a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies–in other words, a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He’s so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he’s become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of the original Puff Daddy?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>Christopher Buckley’s book Thank you For Smoking is a satirical jab at the nation’s smoking industry. Buckley also makes bold and unflattering statements about office politics, journalism, and the Washington machine that we call our government. No one is spared.<br/>The book differs in ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29592542">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Epping genius. If I didn't have a soul or some sense of morals (waiiit a minute...I don't!) then I'd probably be very good at such a job as well. If only I didn't hate smoking so much, it might be feasible with how smarmy and wily I am. <br/><br/>Ok, I should really stop complimenting myself so mu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28287148">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Quando eu vi que o filme era baseado num livro, resolvi ir atrás. E valeu a pena. Tô escrevendo essa resenha acreditando que você já tenha visto o filme Obrigado por fumar. Se ainda não viu, corre atrás e vá ver! =)<br/><br/>O legal pra quem viu o filme e leu o livro é que do meio pro fina...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14626190">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Fight Club" title=" Fight Club"> Fight Club</a>, Thank You For Smoking (TYFS) was one of the very few books I've picked up after seeing the movie adaption first.  And like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Fight Club" title=" Fight Club"> Fight Club</a>, TYFS was one the very few where I think the movie was better.<br/><br/>They made some interesting adaptions for the big screen.  For one, Aaron ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14565064">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Buckley, the nationally-syndicated conservative writer, takes a break from political humor to skewer both the lobbying industry and the PR/media spin industry.  The book focuses on Nick Naylor, the spokesman for the Tobacco Industry, and his struggle to defend the rights of the tobacco industry to k...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12092687">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Every day there are people who fight to male smoking seem healthy and attractive, fight off the lawsuits of cancer patients and simultaneously try to convince your kids to take a puff. Considering that we've had books making fun of war, death, sex, science and religion, somebody had to turn around a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4508031">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i know it was supposed to be a satire and a farce. i get it. but it just wasn’t that...good. the movie looks fucking hilarious. but this...wasn’t. it was so hard to tell when the character was spinning the other characters and when he wasn’t. it was obvious after the fact, but it should have b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44147176">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up because I loved the movie. I expected that there would be differences, but upon comparison the book suffers. The unrealistic murder/cover-up plot just becomes more improbable when compare with the every day struggles i the movie. There was so much to potentially work with, that focu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49394140">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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