The Funny Stuff: The Official P. J. Orourke Quotationary And Riffapedia,New

The Funny Stuff: The Official P. J. Orourke Quotationary And Riffapedia,New

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A compendium of quotes and riffs by P.J. ORourke on subjects ranging from government (Giving money and power to politicians is like giving car keys and whiskey to teenage boys) to fishing (a sport invented by insects and you are the bait) to apps (we need a noapp applets call it a nap) to be published on what would have been his 75th birthday.P. J. ORourke was the funniest writer of his generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he belongs to the ages, P.J. takes his rightful place along with Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker in the Pantheon of Quote Gods.Christopher Buckley from his introductionWhen The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations was published in 1994, P. J. ORourke had more entries than any living writer. And he kept writing funny stuff for another 28 years. Now, for the first time, the best material is collected in one volume. Edited by his longtime friend and member of the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame Terry McDonell, THE FUNNY STUFF is arranged in six sections, organized by subject in alphabetical order from Agriculture to Xenophobia. From his earliest days at the National Lampoon in the 1970s, through his classic reporting for Rolling Stone in the 80s and 90s to his postTrump, pandemic, new media observations of recent years, P.J. produced incisive, amusing copy. Not only did P.J. write memorable oneliners, he also meticulously constructed riffs that built to a crescendo of hilarity and outrageand are still being quoted years later. His prose has the electric verbal energy of Tom Wolfe or Hunter Thompson, but P.J. is more flat out funny. And through it all comes his cleareyed take on politics, economics, human natureand fun. THE FUNNY STUFF is a book for P.J. fans to devour but also a book that will bring new readers and stand as testament to one of the truly original American writers of the last 50 years.

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