Holidays in Hell
by P. J. O'Rourke
ISBN: 0-8021-3701-6 / ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3701-2
US $12.00 - 5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 272 pp - July 2000
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Description:
P.J. O'Rourke travels to hellholes around the globe in Holidays in Hell, looking for trouble, the truth, and a good time. After casually sight-seeing in war-torn Lebanon and being pepper-gassed in Korea, P.J. checks out the night life in communist Poland and spends Christmas vacation in El Salvador. Taking a long look at Nicaragua, P.J. asks, "Is Nicaragua a Bulgaria with marimba bands or just a misunderstood Massachusetts with Cuban military advisors?"; has a close encounter with a Philippine army officer he describes as powerful-looking in a short, compressed way, like an attack hamster"; and concludes, "Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun."
"Whether you agree with him or not...he writes a helluva piece."—Richard Nixon
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