P. J O'Rourke

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1) Parliament of whores: a lone humorist attempts to explain the entire U.S. government

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Pub. Date

c1991

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P. J. O'Rourke's savagely funny and national best-seller Parliament of Whores has become a classic in understanding the workings of the American political system. Originally written at the end of the Reagan era, this new edition includes an extensive foreword by the renowned political writer Andrew Ferguson - showing us that although the names and the players have changed, the game is still the same. Parliament of Whores is an exuberant, broken-field...

2) The baby boom: how it got that way and it wasn't my fault and I'll never do it again

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O'Rourke, P. J

Pub. Date

[2014].

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With his typical wit and keen analysis, O'Rourke looks at the way the post-war generation somehow came of age by never quite growing up and somehow created a better society by turning society upside down.

3) Thrown under the omnibus: a reader

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O'Rourke, P. J

Pub. Date

[2015]

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"Ranging over five decades, Thrown Under the Omnibus is the definitive anthology of the journalist the Wall Street Journal has called 'the funniest writer in America'"--Flyleaf.

4) The CEO of the sofa

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O'Rourke, P. J

Pub. Date

2001

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New York Times bestselling author P. J. O'Rourke lobbed one-liners on the battlefields of the Gulf War, traded quips with communist rebels in the jungles of the Philippines, and went undercover at the Dome of the Rock Mosque as P.J. of Arabia. Now, in his most challenging adventure, he journeys to the heart of that truly harrowing place - his living room. The CEO of the Sofa follows America's preeminent political humorist through a year on the domestic...

5) Holidays in heck

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O'Rourke, P. J

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A follow-up to "Holidays in hell" collects classic travel pieces written throughout the author's post-retirement years, a period marked by his haphazard journeys with and without family to such regions as China, Kyrgyzstan, and America.