tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429207.post111470223244451952..comments2023-11-02T10:00:08.220-05:00Comments on Sui Generis: Cigarettes are Sublime by Richard KleinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429207.post-1114733804498382712005-04-28T19:16:00.000-05:002005-04-28T19:16:00.000-05:00Very true, Scott. Thanks a bundle for turning me ...Very true, Scott. Thanks a bundle for turning me on to that book in the first place.Sui Generishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752239280047767638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429207.post-1114726622617959992005-04-28T17:17:00.000-05:002005-04-28T17:17:00.000-05:00SG,Although I have never been a smoker, the book a...SG,<BR/><BR/>Although I have never been a smoker, the book also made me want to grab a pack. I think Klein does a good job of conveying that essence of smoking--not the tar, or the smoke, or the feel of the paper, but that thing about it that makes it so desirable.<BR/><BR/>I also think his counterintuitive approach to kicking the habit--that extolling cigarettees is a better way to quit than demonizing them--shows much intelligence.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, I'll just say that this book is a great example of literary non-fiction. His prose sings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429207.post-1114720946100131362005-04-28T15:42:00.000-05:002005-04-28T15:42:00.000-05:00Not just the author, but others have claimed that ...Not just the author, but others have claimed that this book helped them to quit, although that is not its stated purpose. Never having smoked myself, I'm unqualified to make a recommendation one way or the other, but I'd say you've got nothing to lose.Sui Generishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752239280047767638noreply@blogger.com