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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.
Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-Bending, Celebrating America the Way It’s Supposed to Be -- With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn is a 2009 book by P. J. O'Rourke about the automobile.
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
P.J. O'Rourke, the celebrated American journalist, political writer and satirist, has died. He was 74.O'Rourke died Tuesday morning following a battle with lung cancer, his publisher, Grove ...
P.J. O'Rourke, an influential baby boomer satirist and commentator who defied the counterculture's leftward politics, died Tuesday morning. He was 74.
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
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.
Holidays in Heck: A Former War Correspondent Experiences Frightening Vacation Fun is a 2011 book by P. J. O'Rourke about the author's travels to various venues. [1]In the book, O'Rourke recounts family vacations to various tourist destinations, such as the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and the Galápagos Islands. [2]