Examines every aspect of government, attending a political convention, the presidential election and inauguration, Congress, the Supreme Court and a small town meeting in New Hampshire. He examines the budget, the bureaucracy and the US policies on drugs, poverty, agriculture, defence and foreign affairs. The author also wrote "Modern Manners", "The Bachelor Home Companion", "Republican Party Reptile" and "Holidays in Hell".

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U. S. Government

Politics & Social Sciences

O'ROURKE, P.J.

Politics & Government

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All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Picador

By the author of All the Trouble in the World. This is a volume of previously uncollected pieces by P.J. O'Rourke, spanning his 25 years in journalism. The work ranges from 1970, when he wrote for the Underground and National Lampoon, to his 1996 position on Rolling Stone magazine.

Age and Guile: Beat Youth, Innocence and a Bad Haircut

Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence and a Bad Haircut

Classics

Eat The Rich

Business & Money

Economics

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated

The CEO of the Sofa.

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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Political humour on a variety of subjects.

The Ceo of the Sofa

2 cassettes / 3 hours Read by the Author In P.J. O'Rourke's classic bestseller Parliament of Whores, he attempted to explain the entire United States government. In Eat the Rich, he takes on an even broader subject, but one that is dear to us all - wealth. What is it? How do you get it? Or, as P.J. says, "Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?" The starting point is Wall Street. P.J. takes the listener on a scary hilarious, and enlightening visit to the New York Stock Exchange, then sets off on a world tour to investigate funny economics Having seen "good" capitalism on Wall Street, he looks at "bad" capitalism in Albania, views "good" socialism in Sweden, and endures "bad" socialism in Cuba. Head reeling, he describes to tackle that Econ 101 course he avoided in college. The result is the only astute presentation of the principles of economics that can make you laugh on purpose Armed with theory, P.J. ventures to Russia, Tanzania, Hong Kong, and ends up in Shanghai, observing a top-down transition to capitalism. P.J.'s conclusion in a nutshell: the free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there's nothing in the mall and if you don't go there they shoot you.

Eat the Rich

Random House Audio |

The author of Parliament of Whores offers a satirical and  insightful view of the world's worries, comparing over-population in  Bangladesh and in California, multiculturalism in higher education and  in Yugoslavia, and other issues. 150,000 first printing.

All The Trouble In The World

Vintage Canada

An anthology of twenty-five years of writing, collected for the first time, by the nation's best-selling satirist--author of Parliament of Whores--shows his transition from hippie to neo-conservative. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Age & Guile, Beat Youth, Innocence & A Bad Haircut

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Random House Canada

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