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Cassandra Devine, a young Washington spin doctor and blogger, suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 75. This proposal catches on with citizens outraged about Social Security debt and a senator seeking the youth vote for his presidential bid. With the help of Washington's greatest PR strategist, Cassandra and the senator try to ride the issue of euthanasia to the White House.
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I wish Buckley picked lottery numbers!
- De Vikeh en 10-12-08
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Thank You for Smoking
- A novel
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: John Glover
- Duración: 3 h y 21 m
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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 Nick Naylor?
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Verbal Judo
- De A. L. DeWitt en 01-13-03
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Little Green Men
- A Novel
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: Mark Linn-Baker
- Duración: 6 h y 25 m
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In 1994, Christopher Buckley published one of the most acclaimed and successful comic novels of the decade, Thank You for Smoking. Now, Buckley returns to the strange land of Washington, DC, in Little Green Men, a millennial comedy of manners about aliens and pundits...and how much they have in common. The reluctant hero of this hilarious novel is John Oliver Banion, a stuffy Washington talk-show host, whose privileged life is thrown into upheaval when aliens abduct him from his exclusive country-club golf course.
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Laughing Gas
- De A. L. DeWitt en 01-13-03
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The Relic Master
- A Novel
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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The year is 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter: one who procures "authentic" religious relics for wealthy and influential clients. His two most important patrons are Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony; and soon-to-be Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz. While Frederick is drawn to the recent writing of Martin Luther, Albrecht pursues the financial and political benefits of religion and seeks to buy a cardinalship through the selling of indulgences.
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Fantastic -- and hilarious
- De Actor en 12-17-15
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No Way to Treat a First Lady
- A Novel
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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One of this country's leading political satirists dangles before us a tantalizing novel whose protagonist has a great deal in common with a recent First Lady. Beth MacIntyre, First Lady of the United States, has been charged with the murder of her husband, a Presidential Lothario of the first water. She is accused of throwing a historic Paul Revere spittoon during a bedroom spat, putting an unfortunately fatal dent in the President's lust-filled head.
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Buckley has no endgame
- De M. S. Cohen en 08-15-05
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Florence of Arabia
- A Novel
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: Carrington Macduffie
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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Christopher Buckley's comic thriller takes readers to the Arab land of Matar, where a philandering emir allays his restless wife by allowing her to start a TV network for Arab women. She is joined in this endeavor by a maverick American State Department officer known as Florence, who wants to use the TV network to start a revolution among Islamic women.
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Buckley is at the top of his game
- De Lisa en 04-15-06
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Boomsday
- A Novel
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: Janeane Garofalo
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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Cassandra Devine, a young Washington spin doctor and blogger, suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 75. This proposal catches on with citizens outraged about Social Security debt and a senator seeking the youth vote for his presidential bid. With the help of Washington's greatest PR strategist, Cassandra and the senator try to ride the issue of euthanasia to the White House.
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I wish Buckley picked lottery numbers!
- De Vikeh en 10-12-08
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Losing Mum and Pup
- A Memoir
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: Christopher Buckley
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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Just as Calvin Trillin and Joan Didion gave readers solace and insight into the experience of losing a spouse, Christopher Buckley offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a parent, while telling a unique personal story of life with legends.
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Warm and Witty
- De Maureen Leach en 06-11-10
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The Judge Hunter
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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London, 1664. Twenty years after the English revolution, the monarchy has been restored, and Charles II sits on the throne. The men who conspired to kill his father are either dead or disappeared. Baltasar “Balty” St. Michel is 24 and has no skills and no employment. He gets by on handouts from his brother-in-law Samuel Pepys, an officer in the king’s navy. Fed up with his needy relative, Pepys offers Balty a job in the New World. He is to track down two missing judges who were responsible for the execution of the last king, Charles I.
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Surprise!
- De mary j miller en 06-12-18
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Has Anyone Seen My Toes?
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: Gibson Frazier
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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From the bestselling author of Thank You for Smoking and Make Russia Great Again comes a comic tour de force, the story of one man’s “lively and funny” (New York Journal of Books) journey through lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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topical Buckley!
- De gege en 04-24-24
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Supreme Courtship
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: Anne Heche
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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President of the United States Donald Vanderdamp is having a hell of a time getting his nominees appointed to the Supreme Court. After one nominee is rejected for insufficiently appreciating To Kill A Mockingbird, the president chooses someone so beloved by voters that the Senate won't have the guts to reject her.
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Easily the funniest book on Audible.
- De Chip Atkinson en 05-02-16
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God Is My Broker
- De: Brother Ty, Christopher Buckley, John Tierney
- Narrado por: Mark Linn-Baker
- Duración: 4 h y 58 m
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In God Is My Broker, Buckley aims his sharp humor at the self-help gurus; and the likes of Stephen Covey, Anthony Robbins, and Deepak Chopra had better watch out. Down to their last $304, the abbots in this story make a bunch of money playing the stock market - and then get carried away in today's commercialism and self-help principles when they begin to market their homemade wine. From redecorating their decrepit digs in the "peasant chic" style to outrageous television commercials, these monks will stop at nothing to get to the top of the wine business!
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An entertaining fiction
- De Malcolm en 06-23-04
De: Brother Ty, y otros
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Make Russia Great Again
- A Novel
- De: Christopher Buckley
- Narrado por: Gibson Frazier
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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In “the Trump satire we’ve been waiting for” (The Washington Post), award-winning and best-selling author of Thank You for Smoking delivers a hilarious and whipsmart fake memoir by Herb Nutterman - Donald Trump’s seventh chief of staff - who has written the ultimate tell-all about Trump and Russia.
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It feels like any other white house memoir
- De Debra Gore en 07-15-20
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre But Enough About You
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- Chief of Staff, ChowChow
- 03-23-15
Generally interesting
Where does But Enough About You rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Around the middle--this one, being a compilation of the author's previous works, isn't suspenseful or exciting, but it is well done and, for the most part, interesting. Some satire, some history--just a collection of previous short works.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Some of the author's descriptions of travel. The least interesting was the sad fact that Buckley is, frankly, a bit of a name-dropper and something of an elitist--sad, really. But, considering that many of the articles are taken from his Forbes fluff-pieces, that's the sort of thing that does appeal to that demographic. Also, some of his faux lists or questionnaires fall short of the satirical mark they aim for. Fortunately, Buckley is an excellent writer with a remarkable command of the language, and for the most part that saved the day--IMO, 70% of the thing was excellent, 30% was a bit tired or reaching. Not a bad ratio, all things considered.
What does Bob Walter bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
His tone was great at all times; his pauses well-considered; his pronunciations of foreign words excellent--he imbued the material with a life it would not have otherwise had.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not by a long shot. When he goes on a name-dropping spree, you really need a break. Even one article that appears to want to satirize the whole name-dropping thing (quite reminiscent of JP Donleavy's Unexpurgated Code) was a bit odd because it appears that Buckley doesn't fully realize he's been doing that the whole time, as if the list of his "good friends" somehow validates him in a way the popularity of his prose does not.
Any additional comments?
Buckley is a well-educated and thoughtful writer, but those expecting purely satirical works may be disappointed.
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