Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut (O'Rourke, P. J.)
P. J. O'Rourke
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Paperback. This title presents essays by the conservative political humorist, from his days as a member of the counter culture in the 1970s to an essay on the Republican control of Congress published in the "American Spectator" in 1995. Num Pages: 341 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499. Nice clean copy
Readers may be shocked to discover that America's most provocative (and conservative) satirist, P. J. O'Rourke, was at one time a raving pinko, with scars on his formerly bleeding heart to prove it. In Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut, O'Rourke chronicles the remarkable trajectory that took him from the lighthearted fun of the revolutionary barricades to the serious business of the nineteenth hole. How did the O'Rourke of 1970, who summarized the world of "grown-ups" as "materialism, sexual hang-ups, the Republican party, uncomfortable clothes, engagement rings, car accidents, Pat Boone, competition, patriotism, cheating, lying, ranch ... Read more
Readers may be shocked to discover that America's most provocative (and conservative) satirist, P. J. O'Rourke, was at one time a raving pinko, with scars on his formerly bleeding heart to prove it. In Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut, O'Rourke chronicles the remarkable trajectory that took him from the lighthearted fun of the revolutionary barricades to the serious business of the nineteenth hole. How did the O'Rourke of 1970, who summarized the world of "grown-ups" as "materialism, sexual hang-ups, the Republican party, uncomfortable clothes, engagement rings, car accidents, Pat Boone, competition, patriotism, cheating, lying, ranch ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Avalon Travel Publishing New York
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780871136534
SKU
KEX0250797
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