Thrown Under the Omnibus
eBook - ePub

Thrown Under the Omnibus

A Reader

  1. 640 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Thrown Under the Omnibus

A Reader

About this book

An essential collection of career-spanning writings by the political satirist and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Parliament of Whores.
 
From his early pieces for the  National Lampoon, through his classic reporting as Rolling Stone's International Affairs editor in the 1980s and 1990s, and his brilliant, inimitable political journalism and analysis, P. J. O'Rourke has been entertaining and provoking readers with high octane prose, a gonzo Republican attitude, and a rare ability to make you laugh out loud. Christopher Buckley once described his work as "S. J. Perelman on acid."
 
Thrown Under the Omnibus brings together his funniest, most outrageous, most controversial, and most loved pieces in the definitive O'Rourke reader. Handpicked and introduced by the humorist himself, Thrown Under the Omnibus is the essential O'Rourke anthology.
 
"The funniest writer in America." — The Wall Street Journal

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. ALSO BY P. J. O’ROURKE
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. Introduction
  9. Modern Manners (1983, revised edition 1989)
  10. The Bachelor Home Companion (1987, revised edition 1993)
  11. Republican Party Reptile (1987)
  12. Holidays in Hell (1988)
  13. Parliament of Whores (1991)
  14. Give War a Chance (1992)
  15. All the Trouble in the World (1994)
  16. Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut (1995)
  17. Eat the Rich (1998)
  18. The CEO of the Sofa (2001)
  19. Peace Kills (2004)
  20. On the Wealth of Nations (2007)
  21. Driving Like Crazy (2009)
  22. Don’t Vote—It Just Encourages the Bastards (2010)
  23. Holidays in Heck (2011)
  24. The Baby Boom (2014)
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Back Cover