Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader

By P.J. O'Rourke

Book Overview

An essential collection of career-spanning writings by the political satirist and #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Parliament of Whores.

From his early pieces for the National Lampoon, through his classic reporting as Rolling Stone's International Affairs editor in the 1980s and 1990s, and his brilliant, inimitable political journalism and analysis, P. J. O'Rourke has been entertaining and provoking readers with high octane prose, a gonzo Republican attitude, and a rare ability to make you laugh out loud. Christopher Buckley once described his work as "S. J. Perelman on acid."

Thrown Under the Omnibus brings together his funniest, most outrageous, most controversial, and most loved pieces in the definitive O'Rourke reader. Handpicked and introduced by the humorist himself, Thrown Under the Omnibus is the essential O'Rourke anthology.

"The funniest writer in America." --The Wall Street Journal

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080212366X
• ISBN13: 9780802123664
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

All the O'Rourke wisdom you'll ever need!

Short and sweet; this is it, the best compilation of some of the finest satirical writing from, along with Dr. Gonzo, the best American humorist of the last 50 years. Given the current divided political condition, political correctness fever and overall rage rampant in America, I doubt writing such as this would be permitted, or published today. Get your copy, read it, treasure it, hide it away before its banned and burned!