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?

The Best Thing That Could Happen to a Croissant