BUCKLEY, Christopher.
Thank You for Smoking.
New York: Random House, 1994.
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First Edition of Thank You for Smoking; Inscribed by Christopher Buckley
First edition of Christopher Buckley’s acclaimed satire of the tobacco lobby, basis for the memorable film. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “June 9/’94 For Mike & Carolyn, With good wishes, Chris B.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. From the collection of Michael and Carolyn Deaver.
Thank You for Smoking is the best-known novel of the political satirist Christopher Buckley. Its antihero, Nick Naylor, is the smooth-talking chief spokesman for the tobacco industry, whose job is to defend cigarettes against all comers, a role that lands him in a series of comic and increasingly dangerous scrapes. A sharp satire of Washington spin, lobbying, and the machinery of public relations, the novel became a modern comic classic and was adapted into the acclaimed 2005 film directed by Jason Reitman and starring Aaron Eckhart. Christopher Buckley, the son of William F. Buckley Jr. and a former speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, is among the most celebrated political humorists of his generation.
Thank You for Smoking.
$350.00
In Stock