{"product_id":"the-funny-stuff-the-official-p-j-orourke-quotationary-and-riffapedia-paperback","title":"The Funny Stuff: The Official P. J. O'Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia - 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\u003cstrong\u003eA compendium of quotes and riffs by P.J. O'Rourke on subjects ranging from government (\"Giving money and power to politicians is like giving car keys and whiskey to teenage boys\") to fishing (\"a sport invented by insects and you are the bait\") to apps (\"we need a no-app app--let's call it a nap\") to be published on what would have been his 75th birthday. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Christopher Buckley\u003cem\u003e from his introduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations\u003c\/em\u003e 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 and member of the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame Terry McDonell, THE FUNNY STUFF is arranged in six sections, organized by subject in alphabetical order from Agriculture to Xenophobia. From his earliest days at the \u003cem\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/em\u003e in the 1970s, through his classic reporting for\u003cem\u003e Rolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e in the 80s and 90s to his post-Trump, pandemic, new media observations of recent years, P.J. produced incisive, amusing copy. 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eP. J. O'ROURKE\u003c\/b\u003e (1947-2022) was an\u003cbr\u003eauthor, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on\u003cbr\u003esubjects as diverse as politics and cars and etiquette and economics. \u003ci\u003eParliament\u003cbr\u003eof Whores\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGive War a Chance\u003c\/i\u003e both reached #1 on the \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003cbr\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list. After beginning his career writing for the \u003ci\u003eNational\u003cbr\u003eLampoon\u003c\/i\u003e, O'Rourke went on to serve as foreign affairs desk chief for \u003ci\u003eRolling\u003cbr\u003eStone\u003c\/i\u003e where he reported from far-flung places. Later he wrote for a number\u003cbr\u003eof publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e the Daily Beast, the \u003ci\u003eWall\u003cbr\u003eStreet Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWeekly Standard, \u003c\/i\u003eand was a longtime panelist\u003cbr\u003eon NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984018112813,"sku":"9780802160829","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SBzVDrRDf_9780802160829.webp?v=1776081416","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-funny-stuff-the-official-p-j-orourke-quotationary-and-riffapedia-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}