Book thrown under the omnibus by pj o'rourke

Selected and introduced by the humorist himself, thrown under the omnibus. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading thrown under the omnibus. Orourke hails from toledo, ohio, though his mothers family is from chicago and he spent two years at oak park and river forest high school. At one point, orourke mocks a more seriousminded authors work as weighing more than a cinder blockoddly, the book in question came in at 70 fewer pages than orourkes. He received his undergraduate degree from miami university in 1969 and earned an m. Thats pj orourke, worldrenowned talking head and published author, whose political humor and commentary make him the butt of many an insult on message boards everywhere. Orourke says humor was an intrinsic part of his upbringing.

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