{"product_id":"thrown-under-the-omnibus-a-reader-paperback","title":"Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eP. J. O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential collection of career-spanning writings by the political satirist and #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eParliament of Whores\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his early pieces for the \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e, through his classic reporting as \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e'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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrown Under the Omnibus\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThrown Under the Omnibus\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential O'Rourke anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The funniest writer in America.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eP. J. O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e has written sixteen books on subjects as diverse as politics and cars and etiquette and economics. His book about Washington, \u003ci\u003eParliament of Whores\u003c\/i\u003e, and his book about international conflict and crisis, \u003ci\u003eGive War a Chance\u003c\/i\u003e, both reached #1 on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list. He is a contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eWeekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e, H. L. Mencken fellow at the Cato Institute, a regular panelist on NPR's \u003ci\u003eWait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and a columnist for the Daily Beast. He lives in rural New England, as far away from the things he writes about as he can get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 864\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67588649222418,"sku":"9780802125675","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/GW7uMb14CZ9780802125675.webp?v=1790787082","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/thrown-under-the-omnibus-a-reader-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}