{"product_id":"the-funny-stuff-the-official-p-j-orourke-quotationary-and-riffapedia-hardcover","title":"The Funny Stuff: The Official P. J. O'Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eP. J. O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compendium of quotes and riffs by P.J. O'Rourke on\u003cbr\u003esubjects ranging from government (\"Giving money and power to politicians is\u003cbr\u003elike giving car keys and whiskey to teenage boys\") to fishing (\"a sport\u003cbr\u003einvented by insects and you are the bait\") to apps (\"we need a no-app app--let's\u003cbr\u003ecall it a nap\") to be published on what would have been his 75\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e birthday.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"P. J. O'Rourke was the funniest writer of his\u003cbr\u003egeneration, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he\u003cbr\u003ebelongs to the ages, P.J. takes his rightful place along with Oscar Wilde, Mark\u003cbr\u003eTwain and Dorothy Parker in the Pantheon of Quote Gods.\"--Christopher\u003cbr\u003eBuckley \u003ci\u003efrom his introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations\u003c\/i\u003e was\u003cbr\u003epublished in 1994, P. J. O'Rourke had more entries than any living writer. And\u003cbr\u003ehe kept writing funny stuff for another 28 years. Now, for the first time, the\u003cbr\u003ebest material is collected in one volume. Edited by his longtime friend\u003cbr\u003eand member of the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame Terry\u003cbr\u003eMcDonell, THE FUNNY STUFF is arranged in six sections, organized by subject in\u003cbr\u003ealphabetical order from Agriculture to Xenophobia. From his earliest days at\u003cbr\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon \u003c\/i\u003ein the 1970s, through his classic\u003cbr\u003ereporting for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e in the 80s and 90s to his\u003cbr\u003epost-Trump, pandemic, new media observations of recent years, P.J. produced\u003cbr\u003eincisive, amusing copy. Not only did P.J. write memorable one-liners, he also\u003cbr\u003emeticulously constructed riffs that built to a crescendo of hilarity and\u003cbr\u003eoutrage--and are still being quoted years later. His prose has the electric\u003cbr\u003everbal energy of Tom Wolfe or Hunter Thompson, but P.J. is more flat out funny.\u003cbr\u003eAnd through it all comes his clear-eyed take on politics, economics, human\u003cbr\u003enature--and fun. THE FUNNY STUFF is a book for P.J. fans to devour but also a\u003cbr\u003ebook that will bring new readers and stand as testament to one of the truly\u003cbr\u003eoriginal American writers of the last 50 years.\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392240140466,"sku":"9780802160645","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2e5617482c23569ce2faea5a9fad09ec.webp?v=1777958834","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-funny-stuff-the-official-p-j-orourke-quotationary-and-riffapedia-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}