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Holidays in Hell Main Edition
Author(s): P J O'Rourke P. J. O'Rourke (Author)
- Publisher: Grove
- Publication Date: January 1, 2012
- Edition: Main
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 1611855799
- ISBN-13: 9781611855791
Book 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."
