Thrown Under the Omnibus - A Reader

P.J. O'Rourke

Sinossi

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

Disponibile da: 21/10/2015.

Lunghezza di stampa: 640 pagine.

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