Parliament Of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts To Explain The Entire Us Government (Picador Books)

by P. J. O'Rourke (Author)

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  1992

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  In 1988, P.J. O'Rourke moved to Washington to examine the US government and to look at what politicians do and why it costs so much. The author argues that governments make everything complicated, obscure and tedious to confuse members of the general public in what he describes as a dictatorship of boredom . In this book he examines and explains many of the aspects of the workings of the American government. P.J. O'Rourke is the author of Modern Manners , The Bachelor Home Companion , Republican Party Reptile and Holidays in Hell .

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  Paperback
  1992

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  Examines every aspect of government, attending a political convention, the presidential election and inauguration, Congress, the Supreme Court and a small town meeting in New Hampshire. He examines the budget, the bureaucracy and the US policies on drugs, poverty, agriculture, defence and foreign affairs. The author also wrote Modern Manners , The Bachelor Home Companion , Republican Party Reptile and Holidays in Hell .

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.25

  In 1988, P.J. O'Rourke moved to Washington to examine the US government and to look at what politicians do and why it costs so much. The author argues that governments make everything complicated, obscure and tedious to confuse members of the general public in what he describes as a dictatorship of boredom . In this book he examines and explains many of the aspects of the workings of the American government. P.J. O'Rourke is the author of Modern Manners , The Bachelor Home Companion , Republican Party Reptile and Holidays in Hell .