Patrick J. O'Rourke

Parliament of Whores is an international best-selling political humor book by P. J. O'Rourke published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1991. Subtitled "A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire US Government", Parliament is a scathing critique of the American system of governance from a conservative perspective. The …

Holidays in Hell is a non-fiction book by P.J. O'Rourke about his visits to areas of conflict during the 1980s as a foreign correspondent, as well as to some less high-profile locations.

Eat the Rich is a 1998 book by P. J. O'Rourke which explains economics in a humorous way. Its chapters include Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, Good socialism, Bad socialism, and an intermission on "Economics 101", teaching facts that your economics professor didn't tell you, including the "ten less basic rules of …