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The Funny Stuff: The Official P. J. O'Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia

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The greatest hits and perfect "mix tape" of the writings by the late P.J. O’Rourke. You might know O’Rourke from his panelist appearances on Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!. Or maybe you’ve been reading him since his days at the influential humor magazine, National Lampoon, or the rock/cultural bible, Rolling Stone. In any case, all you’ve ever wanted to hear him say or write again is now in one convenient location—this book in your hands.

A compendium of quotes and riffs by P.J. O'Rourke 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 no-app app-let's call it a nap") to be published on what would have been his 75th birthday.

"P. J. O'Rourke was the funniest writer of his generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he belongs to the ages...