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Patrick Jake O'Rourke (November 14, 1947 – February 15, 2022) was an American author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics, cars, etiquette, and economics. Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance both reached No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list.
He writes in the appendix of his fifth book, Quest for the King: [3] "My own children ganged up on me and came with the request that since I wrote books for adults, I could write them for children too. (Of course their assumption was incorrect!) "We won't bug you any more," they said, "if only you'll write a book for us.
Podcast of PJ O'Rourke talking about Eat the Rich on the BBC's World Book Club; O'Rourke, Patrick J. (25 August 2000), Eat the Rich (1st in paperback ed.), Avalon Travel, ISBN 978-0-87113-760-9; Presentation by O'Rourke on Eat the Rich, September 15, 1998, C-SPAN; Booknotes interview with O'Rourke on Each the Rich, January 3, 1999, C-SPAN
O'Rourke planned to promote the book at the 1988 Republican National Convention. Though he described himself as a conservative Republican, this was not allowed, reportedly because the GOP did not appreciate O'Rourke's sense of humor. [3] In the essay that gives its title to the collection O'Rourke describes a "Republican Party Reptile": [4]
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government is an international best-selling political humor book by P. J. O'Rourke published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1991. It is a scathing critique of the American system of governance from a libertarian perspective.
To read the Percy Jackson books in order and get his full story, you’ll want to start with the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, move on to The Heroes of Olympus series and finish with The ...
Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice and Alcohol-Free Beer is a 1992 book by American writer P. J. O'Rourke. [1] The pieces in the book start with reports about glasnost and end with his accounts as a reporter for Rolling Stone on the Gulf War.
Holidays in Hell is a non-fiction book by P.J. O'Rourke about his visits to areas of conflict during the 1980s as a foreign correspondent, as well as to some less high-profile locations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Places visited