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"We have no one to blame for the Kennedys but ourselves. We took the Kennedys to heart of our own accord. And it is my opinion that we did it not because we respected them or thought what they proposed was good, but because they were pretty. We, the electorate, were smitten by this handsome, vivacious family.... We wanted to hug their golden tousled heads to our dumpy breasts." —from Give War a Chance |
“O’Rourke has done the unthinkable: he’s made money funny.”—Forbes FYI “Don’t let the title fool you; [O’Rourke] is no tax-and-spend satirist. And while he may not eat, he does bite-almost everybody and everything. His hilarious tromp through a subject most of us avoid is funny because it holds so much truth. Don’t read this book alone; you’ll need an audience.”—The Denver Post “More treat than treatise . . . P. J. O’Rourke on the loose is a force to behold. . . . [He] writes with a pedal-to-the-metal flamboyance.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “His explanations . . . with a-joke-each-phrase aplomb (forget waiting until the end of the sentence) make you wish he had been your economics professor in college instead of the bow-tie wearing nerd who droned on about widgets. In fact, if you fell asleep hiding your eyelids under the rim of your baseball cap during Econ 101, this book is for you.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “[O’Rourke] is witty, smart and-though he hides it under a tough coat of cynicism-a fine reporter. . . . Eat the Rich is a delightful collection of anecdotes and one-liners.”—The New York Times Book Review “Adam Smith-like perceptiveness combined with a wicked wit makes for delightful, insightful reading. . . . This book lets you laugh and learn at the same time.”—Forbes “A keen eye for ironic detail and an aphorist's wit.”—The Wall Street Journal “A funny, pungent paean to the glory of free enterprise.”—Kirkus Reviews “[O'Rourke's] brilliance is that he gets right to the heart of things.”—The Boston Phoenix |
