Of Course, It Does Make the Party Stand Out

You know things are bad in the publishing industry when instead of bad wine and processed cheese cubes, all you're offered at a book party is cigarettes and competitive eating:
To Celebrate Publication of Canongate's
The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant by Pablo Tusset
We Invite You To
Canongate's Formal Croissant Eating Contest & Drinks Party
Five Contestants, Dressed to the Nines, Consume as Many Croissants as Possible in 5 minutes . . .
Cigarettes & Discussion to Follow
Thursday, October 27
I.C.U. Bar
9:00pm
765 Washington St (at W 12th)
New York City
Even worse: What if Bloomberg finds out?