P.J. O'Rourke
Eat
the Rich
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Format: Hardcover, 246pp.
ISBN: 0871137194
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
P. J. O'Rourke
In his most ambitious undertaking since his national bestseller Parliament of
Whores, America's most famous satirist offers a hilarious and provocative look at money: a
subject that warms the hearts of capitalists and socialists alike.
The
Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
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Format: Paperback, 176pp.
ISBN: 0871136864
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
P. J. O'Rourke,Alan Rose (Photographer)
In the inimitable style that has made him one of America's most popular humorists,
P.J. O'Rourke explains that with the disintegration of the traditional family -- divorce,
two-career households, and old people forced by their progeny to live in the confines of
golden-age communities -- we are all strangers in a home we never made. Here then are his
useful tips on cleaning (or rather, how to avoid it and trick others into doing it
for you) and on cooking, entertaining, home decorating, yard care, and miscellaneous hints
and advice. To wit: Don't waste time and effort dusting furniture just to impress a hot
date. Just squirt Pledge in the air to
make it smell like you've dusted. Smart, huh?
*Age
and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut
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Format: Paperback, 368pp.
ISBN: 0871136538
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
P. J. O'Rourke
America's most provocative (and conservative) satirist was at one time a raving
pinko, with the scab on his bleeding heart to prove it. Through 25 years of his writing,
this collection traces O'Rourke's development, from
a self-described "nightmare of the bourgeoisie" to the staunch conservative who
threatens to aim his shotgun at any revival of the '60s.
*All
the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Plague, Ecological
Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, and Poverty
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Format: Paperback, 368pp.
ISBN: 0871136112
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc
P. J. O'Rourke
Attacking fashionable worries--all those terrible problems that are constantly on our
minds and in the news, but about which most of us have no real clue--the bestselling
author of Parliament of Whores crisscrosses the globe in search of answers to today's most
vexing dilemmas, and, in the process, ensures that political correctness will never be the
same again.
From The Publisher:
*Parliament
of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
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Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 233pp.
ISBN: 0679737898
Publisher: Vintage Books
P. J. O'Rourke
According to P.J. O'Rourke, the American political system resembles nothing so much
as "a gigantic Mexican Christmas pinata, " filled with everything from
$600-per-cow farm subsidies to the savings-and-loan bailout. In this devastating national
bestseller, he attacks the system with brilliant and lethal humor.
**Holidays
in Hell
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Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 257pp.
ISBN: 0679724222
Publisher: Vintage Books
P. J. O'Rourke
P. J. O'Rourke travels to hellholes around the globe in "Holidays in
Hell" looking for trouble, the truth, and a good time.
Modern
Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
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Format: Paperback, 280pp.
ISBN: 087113375X
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
P. J. O'Rourke
Sometimes O'Rourke adopts an air of bemusement, reminiscent of Robert Benchley in
mid-quandary. But most of his entries could not be written by any other satirist at any
other period. . . . No segment of the population is
overlooked. . . . Older readers are counseled on fashion. For men: 'A hat should betaken
off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life.' Forwomen, four iron
rules: '1) No jewelry bigger than your dog; 2)
No dog smaller than your purse; 3) No purse larger in diagonal measurement than your waist
is in circumference; 4) No pants on waists larger than diagonal measurement ofpurse + dog
+ earrings.' . . .
Throughout his manual, O'Rourke maintains a tone of caustic irony. It fails to disguise a
moralist concerned with a lapse of decorum and values.
-From Stefan Kanfer - Time:
Give
War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and
Alcohol-Free Beer
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Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 233pp.
ISBN: 0679742018
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
P. J. O'Rourke
By the nonconformist author The Parliament of Whores, O'Rourke's new book casts a
cold eye on such topics as freedom, the '60s, drug testing, and the Gulf War. "Rare
is the writer who can make his readers laugh out
loud in the privacy of their living rooms, much less in the middle of a crowded railroad
car. P.J. O'Rourke is one of these fortunate souls"--NY Times Book Review
-From The Reader's Catalog
The
Enemies List: Flushing Out Liberals in the Age of Clinton
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Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 157pp.
ISBN: 0871136325
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
P. J. O'Rourke (Compiler)
The ghosts of Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon live on through political humorist
O'Rourke's compilation of his New Enemies list. Debuting in 1989 in the conservative
monthly American Spectator, it has since appeared annually. Readers of the magazine
responded to the list by gleefully sending in their own nominees of individuals and
organizations deemed too "politically correct." Thus, feminists, liberals, any
elected Democrat at any level, various organizations (including the American Library
Association), celebrities, TV talking heads, and the like are skewered here. Funny as the
columns and reader comments are (even to liberals), in book form it's a one-joke,
redundant whine. If your library doesn't have anything by O'Rourke and doesn't carry
American Spectator, buy this; otherwise, save the money and interlibrary loan the
magazine. Better yet, buy some of O'Rourke's previous books.-Pamela R. Daubenspeck,
Warren-Trumbull Cty. P.L., Ohio
-From Library Journal:
*Recommended
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