Books by P. J. O'Rourke

An analysis of the present political moment, and the anger that defines it, from bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P.J. O'Rourke.

P. J. O'Rourke channels his extensive experience of making fun of terrible things in despicable places and applies it to somewhere even worse - Wall Street.

An essential take on the stranger-than-fiction 2016 presidential election from a quintessential voice on American politics and culture.

Handpicked and introduced by the humourist himself, Thrown Under the Omnibus is the essential P.J. O'Rourke anthology - a must-have for all fans.

A hilarious look at the aging baby boomer generation from the author the Spectator labelled 'what happens when America does Grumpy Old Men'.

A re-issue of the original classic in which P.J. O'Rourke takes on the role of tour guide with hilarious resultsHolidays in Hell follows P. J. O'Rourke on a global fun-finding mission to the most desperate places on the planet, from the bombed-out streets of Beirut to the stultifying blandness of Heritage USA.

Now available in paperback, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, the book that created the field of economics, is transformed into a page-turner of global significance by America's sharpest political commentator writing in English today.