- Fiction, Tobacco industry in fiction, Tobacco industry, Smoking
The hero of Christopher Buckley's wickedly funny novel is Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. Nick likes his job. In the neo-puritanical nineties, it is a challenge to defend the rights of smokers and a privilege to promote their liberty.
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- Author
- Christopher Buckley
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Random House, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679431749
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