O'Rourke The Funny Stuff

The Official P. J. O'Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia
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ISBN: 978-1-80471-004-3
Verlag: Grove Press UK
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

'P. J. O'Rourke was the funniest writer of his generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he belongs to the ages, P.J. takes his rightful place along with Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker in the Pantheon of Quote Gods.' Christopher Buckley from his introduction
When The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations was published in 1994, P. J. O'Rourke had more entries than any living writer. And he kept writing funny stuff for another 28 years. Now, for the first time, the best material is collected in one volume. Edited by his longtime friend Terry McDonell, The Funny Stuff is arranged in six sections, organized by subject in alphabetical order from Agriculture to Xenophobia. Not only did P.J. write memorable one-liners, he also meticulously constructed riffs that built to a crescendo of hilarity and outrage - and are still being quoted years later. His prose has the electric verbal energy of Tom Wolfe or Hunter S. Thompson, but P.J. is more flat-out funny. And through it all comes his clear-eyed take on politics, economics, human nature - and fun. The Funny Stuff is a book for P.J. fans to devour but also a book that will bring new readers and stand as testament to one of the truly original American writers of the last 50 years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Rourke, P. J.

Über Autor(innen)

O'Rourke, P. J.
P. J. O'Rourke is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Eat the Rich, Give War a Chance, and The CEO of the Sofa. He is a regular correspondent for the Atlantic magazine. Peace Kills and Thomas Paine's On the Wealth of Nations: A Biography were published by Atlantic Books in 2004 and 2007.

P. J. O'ROURKE (1947-2022) was an author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics and cars and etiquette and economics.
Parliament of Whores and
Give War a Chance both reached #1 on the
New York Times bestseller list. After beginning his career writing for the
National Lampoon, O'Rourke went on to serve as foreign affairs desk chief for
Rolling Stone where he reported from far-flung places. Later he wrote for a number of publications, including
The Atlantic, the Daily Beast, the
Wall Street Journal and the
Weekly Standard, and was a longtime panelist on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me.