Every book Varun Krishna recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Varun Krishna

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   Thank You for Smoking

   Christopher Buckley · Discussed · 1 episode

   Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley is a satirical novel about a tobacco lobbyist who skillfully defends the rights of Americans to consume a harmful product.

   Discussed

   “Yeah, there's a a great movie that came out like I think it was around 15, 20 years ago. It's called Thank You For Smoking. I don't know if you've ever seen that one. Yeah. There's this there's this one line that popped into my head where, you know, she kind of scams him, you know, and gets some information”

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