P.J. O’Rourke Collection - P.J. O’Rourke Audiobook

Written by P.J. O’Rourke
Format: MP3

All the Trouble in the World
With All the Trouble in the World, P. J. O’Rourke once again landed on best-seller lists around the country, confirming his reputation as the pre-eminent political humorist of our time. Attacking fashionable worries - all those terrible problems that are constantly on our minds and in the news, but about which most of us have no real clue - P. J. crisscrosses the globe in search of solutions to today’s most vexing issues, including overpopulation, famine, plague, and multiculturalism, and in the process produces a hilarious and informative book which ensures that the concept of political correctness will never be the same again. “One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year.” - Los Angeles Times; “All the Trouble in the World is O’Rourke’s best work since Parliament of Whores.” - The Houston Post; “The dispatches are unfailingly funny….Mr. O’Rourke gets to the heart of the matter with a steady stream of wisecracks….Economists, political scientists and sociologists are inclined to approach the ills of society with regression analysis. P. J. O’Rourke just points and laughs. Not surprisingly, it is Mr. O’Rourke who gets it right.” - The Washington Times; “Bottom Buy the book.”

Driving Like Crazy
The decades of O’Rourke’s motoring journalism experience (from which several of the pieces were drawn) seem to have been a very fruitful ground for some good adventure - as he stated expense accounts used to be more lavish, and can press departments I assume more gullible and forgiving. And while you might find equal doses of (perhaps even more fascinating) automotive adventure in Llewellyn’s The Road to Muckle Flugga: Great Drives in Five Continents , O’Rourke really shines in bringing them to light and making the book a page turning read, where many of Llewellyn’s adventures, in the politically correct way they are described, fall a bit flat.

Compared to someone like Jeremy Clarkson, PJ O’Rourke comes across as better read, occasionally wilder but generally more competent about the primary topic (cars) and will be a better read in my eyes.

While somewhat hard pressed to find a favourite chapter, the three trips to Baja California do stand out for me, as does the one on Rent a Wreck. And again, even if you are not of a Republican leaning, you are likely to find O’Rourke very funny, as long as you do not take everything written literally.

The CEO of the Sofa
This book confirms P.J. O’Rourke’s unassailable position as ‘America’s greatest prose comedian’ (Sunday Times).
Bestselling humorist O’Rourke introduces readers to his assistant, friends, family and smart-aleck babysitter, as he reflects on such topics as cell phones, Christmas catalogues, Instant Messaging, toddlers, TV and how the Gettysburg Address would have turned out if written on an iMac. He reviews Hillary Clinton, and he observes youth culture, including current celebs, Britney, Moby and Eminem. This is a witty wide-angled world view, from O’Rourke’s own living room.