Thank You For Smoking (1994) by Christopher Buckley

 1,001 Novels: A Library of America

Thank You For Smoking (1994)

by Christopher Buckley

Capitol Hill, Washington DC

Washington DC: 11/12

   I read Thank You For Smoking, Christopher Buckley's satire(!?!) of the lobbying industry when it came out- or shortly thereafter, when I was actually living in and attending school in Washington DC.   A comic novel is a rare thing these days.  I didn't re-read it for the 1,001 Novels: A Library of America project, but it 's about a tobacco lobbyist who is kidnapped by anti-tobacco activists.  Very 90's plot.