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Wry Martinis

by Christopher Buckley · 1997

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Christopher Buckley, author of 'Thank You for Smoking', is the man who persuaded America's ABC News that Russia was auctioning off Lenin's corpse. This book offers a selection of the best of Buckley's recent writing.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thissatiresatireMore like thisLess of this
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writerswritersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 294 pages
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essaysessaysMore like thisLess of thisshort storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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