Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "what's Funny about Thi (O'Rourke, P. J.) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

ROURKE, O

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ISBN 10: 0802137016 ISBN 13: 9780802137012

Verlag: Avalon Travel Publishing, 2000

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O'Rourke travels to hellholes around the globe--from war-torn Lebanon to Korea to Poland to El Salvador--looking for trouble, the truth, and good times. "A spin with P.J. O'Rourke is like a ride in the back of an old pickup over unpaved roads. You get where you're going fast, with exhilarating views--but not without a few bruises".--"The New York Times Book Review".. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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"Tired of making bad jokes" and believing that "the world outside seemed a much worse joke than anything I could conjure", P. J. O'Rourke traversed the globe on a fun-finding mission, investigating the way of life in the most desperate places on the planet, including Warsaw, Managua, and Belfast. The result is Holidays in Hell -- a full-tilt, no-holds-barred romp through politics, culture, and ideology.

P.J.'S adventures include storming student protesters' barricades with riot police in South Korea, interviewing Communist insurrectionists in the Philippines, and going undercover dressed in Arab garb in the Gaza Strip. He also takes a look at America's homegrown horrors as he braves the media frenzy surrounding the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Washington D.C., uncovers the mortifying banality behind the white-bread kitsch of Jerry Falwell's Heritage USA, and survives the stultifying boredom of Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration.

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.

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• Verlag: Avalon Travel Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0802137016
• ISBN 13: 9780802137012
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272