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Christopher Taylor Buckley (born September 28, 1952)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Christopher Buckley )〕 is an American political satirist and the author of novels including ''God Is My Broker'', ''Thank You for Smoking'', ''Little Green Men'', ''The White House Mess'', ''No Way to Treat a First Lady'', ''Wet Work'', ''Florence of Arabia'', ''Boomsday'', ''Supreme Courtship'', ''Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir'' and, most recently, ''They Eat Puppies, Don't They?: A Novel''. He is the son of writer William F. Buckley Jr. and socialite Patricia Buckley. After a classical education at the Portsmouth Abbey School, Buckley graduated from Yale University in 1975.〔("Yale Class Day Speaker: Christopher Buckley" ), Yale University, Office of Public Affairs and Communications, May 24, 2009〕 He was a member of Skull and Bones like his father, living at Jonathan Edwards College. He became managing editor of ''Esquire''. In 1981, he moved to Washington, D.C., to work as chief speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush. This experience led to his novel ''The White House Mess'', a satire on White House office politics and political memoirs. (The title refers to the White House lunchroom, which is known as the "mess" because the Navy operates it.) Buckley's ''Thank You for Smoking'' is another satire, its protagonist a lobbyist for the tobacco industry, Nick Naylor. He followed that with more humor about Washington in the form of ''Little Green Men'', about the government agency investigating UFO sightings. His ''No Way To Treat A First Lady'' has the president's wife on trial for assassinating her husband and ''Florence of Arabia'' is about a do-gooding State Department bureaucrat in the Middle East. His one serious novel, ''Wet Work'', is about a billionaire businessman avenging his granddaughter's death from drugs. ''Thank You for Smoking'' was adapted into a movie written and directed by Jason Reitman, and starring Aaron Eckhart. It was released on 17 March 2006. Buckley also wrote the non-fiction ''Steaming To Bamboola'', about the merchant marine, as well as contributed to an oral history of Milford, Connecticut, and is an editor at ''Forbes'' magazine. Buckley has written for many national newspapers and magazines, including ''The New York Times'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Time'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''Smithsonian'', ''US News & World Report'', ''Vanity Fair'', ''Vogue'', ''Conde Nast Traveler'' and numerous humorous essays in ''The New Yorker''. ==Obama endorsement== For a brief time in summer and fall 2008, Christopher Buckley also wrote the back-page column for ''National Review'', the conservative magazine founded by his father. This came to an end after Buckley endorsed the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in October 2008. Buckley's endorsement, entitled "Sorry Dad, I'm Voting for Obama",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sorry, Dad, I'm Voting for Obama )〕 appeared in ''The Daily Beast''. He chose ''The Daily Beast'' to avoid complications with ''National Review''. After many readers and contributors expressed their displeasure, Buckley resigned from ''National Review''. Buckley occasionally writes for ''The Daily Beast.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Christopher Buckley )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Buckley (novelist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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