| The best selling cigar book in the world is back as a new 3rd edition, completely updated and noticeably thicker, with 160 photos in black & white and color. Every cigar in the world is discussed in detail plus all facets of cigar making, buying, smoking and storing, as well as accessories and matching cigars with your favorite adult beverages. Cracking the Cuban code and counterfeits are also revealed, along with a wealth of information unavailable in any other book. |
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 Great book for an aficionado. |
| Review Date: November 9, 2008 |
| Reviewer: T. Johnson, Phoenix |
| This book was pretty interesting and had a lot of detail to the history of manufacturers. My one complaint about the entire book is: I would have liked it if a 4th Edition were available, with updtated manufacurers and their histories. The author is very proud about his knowledge and definitely comes across pompous. I would recommend it to a cigar smoker...but at these prices for the 3rd Edition...I think you can do without the information. |
Good content
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| Review Date: March 9, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Chumanus Keshsathira, Thailand |
I love this book very much. A lot of goog content about cigar was presented but in plain text and black/white picture.
It can be number one cigar book only if it improves the package such as more color picture, connoiseur's corner. |
God like !
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| Review Date: December 12, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Astartes Prophet, Canada |
God like!
Best book all around, lot's of information, piles and mountain of it, no pro or against cigar propaganda, a work of art, and a must read for all cigar fans. |
Good for beginners
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| Review Date: May 29, 2005 |
| Reviewer: pg_bremen, Germany |
The first half of the book is a really well-written beginners introduction into the world of cigars, their history, making, smoking, storing and other vital knowledge.
The author's an expert, and he' renowned, no doubt about it. That said, I'd appreciated that much more if he would have missed just a single opportunity to ply the reader with that fact.
The second half of the book therefore is rather a description of the self-absorbed world of Richard Carleton Hacker - who I had never heard of before, but now I know he shared a cigar with Arnold Schwarzenegger - and he couldn't help including a photo of that.
That aside: A truly enjoyable read for everybody who is into cigars. |
The Ultimate Penultimate
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| Review Date: March 8, 2004 |
| Reviewer: Reuven Zasler, Karmiel, Galilee Israel |
This work has been highly overrated, since it is far from being the "ultimate" cigar book.
Firstly, it is no book for an experienced cigar smoker: it covers all of the basics soley for the novice, and only for the American novice, at that ("...our own Connecticut leaf..."). Admittedly, Mr. Hacker does this quite competently, although he either is unaware of myriads of cigar lovers outside the U.S., or has chosen to ignore them.
Secondly, this book would be more aptly entitled "The Ultimate Ego Trip," for the text is riddled with rather annoying examples of the author's unabashed conceit regarding his supposed expertise and his influence on - get this - the Cugan cigar industry!
Worst of all, however, is Mr. Hacker's claim - and in this he aligns himself with his American cigar commentator collegues - that non-Cuban smokes have now equaled, or even surpassed, the quality of Habanos. This absurd pretense - which is unknown amongst any of the scores of non-American cigar veterans I am familiar with - has its roots in the insidious Cuba-bashing campaign initiated by "Cigar Aficionado" magazine, which sought to promote sales of non-Cuban cigars by grossly exaggerating their positive attributes while debasing the quality of Habanos. It is most unfortunate that novice (American) smokers are liable to be influenced by this illusion in their quest for a premium cigar.
My advice, then, is that if you feel compelled to purchase this book, do attempt to separate fact from (Mr. Hacker's) fiction. |
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