Cigar Companion (Connoisseur's Guides)
by Marvin R. Shanken
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Author: Marvin R. ShankenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-31
ISBN: 0762419571
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Running Press
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Book Review: A nice quick propaganda book.
Summary: 3 Stars
It's a nice read for anyone starting in Cigars, or even if you started a while back but want to know more about the lore and the background of big cigar companies. It's a real basic fast read of cigar information, history and making (nothing special, just the basics). It tries hard to cover all of the basis, that's why it got a 3 and not a 2.
But as reported earlier, it need more advance or detailed information. They could of put some of their Cigar 101, like info on the beetle, and how to deal with it; The counterfeit gallery etc... But instead, a lot of the book sounds like a sales pitch, saying cigar's are good, these popular peoples smoke cigars etc... (actually that list of Hollywood peoples smoking is repeated twice, and we got a photo gallery of them, so they are listed 3 times).
1st, I never started smoking cigars because it's cool or a Hollywood star is smoking, I DON'T CARE!
2nd, They try to hard at some point, it feel like a propaganda book, and when they give you facts, one is cautious of the Bias of these so called "facts".
All in all, a nice quick propaganda book with some basic cigar information.
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