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Holidays in Hell

In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, 'What's Funny About This'

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Holidays in Hell

By: P.J. O'Rourke
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
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Holidays in Hell follows P. J. O’Rourke on a global fun-finding mission to the most desperate places on the planet, from the bombed-out streets of Beirut to the stultifying blandness of Heritage USA. P.J.’s unforgettable adventures abroad include storming student protesters’ barricades in South Korea, interviewing Communist insurrectionists in the Philippines, and going undercover in Arab garb at Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock Mosque. Packed with P.J.’s classic riffs on everything from Polish nightlife under communism to Third World driving tips, Holidays in Hell is one of the best-loved books by one of today’s most celebrated humorists - a full-tilt, no-holds-barred romp through politics, culture, and ideology.

©2011 P. J. O'Rourke (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Travel Writing & Commentary Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing Middle East Military Imperialism Russia Africa Soviet Union Latin America Imperial Japan Socialism Mexico

Critic Reviews

"This is funny, outrageous, perceptive stuff, written with brio.” ( The Washington Post Book World)
“O’Rourke... seems to have teethed on brass knuckles and suckled on bile. He is also one of the funniest writers in America, or wherever else he may go to satisfy his desperate need to extract humor from folly and chaos.” ( Time)
“P. J. is sui generis.... He’s wickedly amusing. I count a per-chapter average of at least two dozen laughs-out-loud and a half-dozen zingingly apt observations.” ( The Baltimore Sun)
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Witty, fast paced, irreverent with many laugh out loud moments. Loved it and highly recommend.

Superbly entertaining

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Might have been funny once to laconically refer to wetbacks, frogs, poofters and towel heads. Not any more.

Doesn’t travel well through time

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