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"America is the world’s policeman, all right–a big, dumb, mick flatfoot in the middle of the one thing cops dread most, a "domestic disturbance."" —from Give War a Chance |
“Whatever your political persuasion, you would have to be totally humorless not to feel like chuckling when [P. J.] starts hacking away.”—The New York Times Book Review “Mocking on the surface but serious beneath, sharply attuned to quotidian hypocrisy and contradiction...this book contains some of O’Rourke’s best work to date. When it comes to scouting the world for world-class absurdities, he is the right man for the job.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “An acerbic master of gonzo journalism and one of America’s most hilarious and provocative writers . . . a volatile brew of one-liners and vitriol.”—Time “In the world of contemporary American humorists, O’Rourke is the experimental scientist. . . . Give War a Chance . . . [is] the kind of book that takes a long time to finish because you’re constantly reading parts of it to whomever happens to be around.”—Newsday “O’Rourke is smart. He’s funny. He can write like hell. He’s opinionated and not afraid to say so. . . . Go ahead and laugh at Give War a Chance; just watch out for the cruel undertow.”—Seattle Times “O’Rourke is an effective propagandist with an astute insight into the dark side of the id of the sixties generation.”—The Nation “The literary Prince of Venom . . . the man of a million mean words.”—Cleveland Plain-Dealer “O’Rourke has a sharp eye for incongruity . . . a tough and interesting mind. . . . What’s in his closet isn’t liberalism but common sense, and when he lets it out he’s first rate.”—Washington Post Book World “P.J. O’Rourke is one of the funniest writers, and like so many funny writers, his humor is rewarding because the thought behind it is serious. . . . Wherever he goes, O’Rourke looks at things differently, and accurately.”—Newark Star Ledger “Give War a Chance is the right antidote to the self-righteous cant that passes these days for serious thinking. Give P.J. O’Rourke a chance and he will entertain you immoderately.”—Raleigh News & Observer “Even the most ardent liberals will agree that O’Rourke is responsible—for one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking books of the year. If you aren’t familiar with his work, why not give O’Rourke a chance?”—Columbus Dispatch “Thank God Mr. O’Rourke doesn’t have a nuclear arsenal at his disposal; judging from this exuberantly malevolent collection of journalese, he has a very itchy trigger finger.”—Literary Review “A hard-hearted bastard but a good reporter. Not a collection for the politically squeamish; it may be the first book that would irritate both Salman Rushdie and the Ayatollah Khomeini.”—Independent on Sunday “Few books are more revealing about the American psyche.”—Sunday Telegraph “He is wickedly good.”—Sebastian Faulks, Independent on Sunday “The US needs an unapologetic hedonist like P.J. O’Rourke on the literary scene, flashing two fingers at the forces behind random drug-testing and neutered lager . . . an exuberantly malevolent collection of journalese.”—Douglas Kennedy, Literary Review “Not only the best title for years, but funnier than a billion politically correct comedies.”—The Face |
