Thank You For Smoking (Abridged): A novel Audiobook

" This is a reread for me. Good book. Love the satire. Buckley totally skewers the Inside the Beltway sacred cows. Nick is a total shite, but comes thru at the end. "

" Good stuff...as usual, better than the movie and felt almost documentary. "

" interesting concept...a bit slow to start though "

" *Very* entertaining. With a few moments of dark comic brilliance. Thoroughly enjoyed it. "

" 85% as funny as Buckley thinks it is. "

" It was Okay, but I liked No Way to Treat a First Lady better. "

" A deliciously satirical look at the "merchants of death" -- the lobbyists for tobacco, alcohol and firearms. "

" A clever and scathing satire about both the tobacco industry/lobby and those who oppose it. While some of the jokes are a bit on the nose, the book makes no claims to being subtle. A quick fun read that makes you feel a little more clever afterward "

" 2 thumps up!! "

" Maybe it's just because of my line of work (PR), but I find the book pretty hysterical. "

" I really enjoyed this book. The author is really funny and the book was fast-paced and sharp. I didn't want to stop reading, and the ending was fantastic. "

" The book was very good but the movie is just as good. Different, but completely has the satirical spirit of the book. So if you have to pick one in these busy times, I would pick the movie. "

" Not very well written, not very funny. Blah. "

" Buckley's best - a classic political satire! The hero is a PR guy for the Big Tobacco lobby. You'll cheer as he finds more and more outrageous ways to convince government and big media that the medical research is wrong and tobacco is perfectly safe. "

" Entertaining. I found myself rooting for a smoking lobbyist. That's amazing since I loathe the habit! "

" I laughed out loud a few times, the main character is SUCH a sleaze! But brilliant. I didn't see the movie, but now I want to. A really fast read. "

" I liked it. The plot went a little over the top at points, but the writing is hysterical, especially if you are familiar with lobbying in DC. "

" an easy read, very entertaining. "

" I actually liked the movie better. Still it is worth the read. "

" Often spot on satire of the Pro and anti smoking ( or guns and alcohol) lobbies.[return]Nick Naylor a spokeman for the american tobacco industry it seems that unless he is careful his job will be the death of him. "

" Better than the movie, but both are worth consuming. "

" A book about marketing and market technologies. "

" Interesting premise, but a little too chauvinistic for my taste. "

" Hilarious - one of the greats. Great movie too, for the record. "

" Tobacco PR man pushes against anti-smoking lobby "

" The first 90% is hilarious and well written. The ending was terrible and inconsistant with everything that was written prior, in terms of charaterization. "

" Had I not seen the movie, I never would have finished this book. It was okay -- the second half was better than the first -- but the book did a poor job of really getting into Nick's head consistently. "