- Taschenbuch: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: Grove/Atlantic Inc; Auflage: Reprint (1. Juni 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0802137016
- ISBN-13: 978-0802137012
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,1 x 13,9 x 2,2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (6 Kundenrezensionen)
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No doubt about it: P. J. O'Rourke has a bizarre sense of fun. "What I've ... been," he writes in his introduction to Holidays in Hell "is a Trouble Tourist--going to see insurrections, stupidities, political crises, civil disturbances and other human folly because ... because it's fun." Forget Hawaii or the Poconos--O'Rourke gets his jollies in places like war-torn Lebanon where he is greeted at the border by a gun barrel in his face, or Seoul, just in time for election-day violence. Wherever he goes, however, O'Rourke takes his quirky sense of humor, laser eye for detail, and artful way with words: a Philippine army officer is "powerful-looking in a short, compressed way, like an attack hamster," and the Syrian army is described as having "dozens of silly hats, mostly berets in yellow, orange and shocking pink, but also tiny pillbox chapeaux.... The paratroopers wear shiny gold jumpsuits and crack commando units have skin-tight fatigues in a camouflage pattern of violet, peach, flesh tone and vermilion on a background of vivid purple. This must give excellent protective coloration in, say, a room full of Palm Beach divorcees in Lily Pulitzer dresses."
O'Rourke's flip, sarcastic style isn't for everyone, of course; the concept that anyone could find sightseeing in the Beirut or El Salvador of the 1980s fun might prove offensive to more than a few readers right off the bat. But love him or hate him, P. J. O'Rourke knows how to tell a good story, and if you like your travel writing laced with more than a little cynicism, Holidays in Hell could be just the book you've been looking for. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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"Tired of making bad jokes" and believing that "the world outside seemed a much worse joke than anything I could conjure", P. J. O'Rourke traversed the globe on a fun-finding mission, investigating the way of life in the most desperate places on the planet, including Warsaw, Managua, and Belfast. The result is Holidays in Hell -- a full-tilt, no-holds-barred romp through politics, culture, and ideology.
P.J.'S adventures include storming student protesters' barricades with riot police in South Korea, interviewing Communist insurrectionists in the Philippines, and going undercover dressed in Arab garb in the Gaza Strip. He also takes a look at America's homegrown horrors as he braves the media frenzy surrounding the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Washington D.C., uncovers the mortifying banality behind the white-bread kitsch of Jerry Falwell's Heritage USA, and survives the stultifying boredom of Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration.
Packed with P.J.'S classic riffs on everything from Polish nightlife under communism to Third World driving tips, Holidays in Hell is one of the best-loved books by one of today's most celebrated humorists.
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I've been working as a foreign correspondent for the past few years, although "working" isn't the right word and "foreign correspondent" is too dignified a little. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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I've been working as a foreign correspondent for the past few years, although "working" isn't the right word and "foreign correspondent" is too dignified a little. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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bar prior judgement, I'm actually not finding this book that bad
it's actually a very true depiction of the way many of our generation might see the world - sad but true
and it bears on a sort of a slightly more academical type of ali-g view of the world
let's not forget, the guy wrote these diatribes for rolling stone, so his main concern in most cases is where's the party at, dude?
his political outlook, if you can call it that, is therefore also somewhat tricky to grasp
in the foreword, he explains shit is shit wherever it my be, and his honesty is something well worth admiring. on the other hand, writing about europe in a way so obviously based on stereotypes and clichés [some of which are true, but not all of it] pushes the buck a little far and my fervour has been dampened since then
however, you cannot help but laugh sometimes as he does have a very keen analytical eye which puts things into very sharp context [e.g. "one by one and man to man Arabs are the salt of the earth - generous, hospitable, brave, wise, and so on and so forth. Bet get them in a pack and shove a Koran down their pants and they act like a footlocker full of full of glue-sniffing civet cats"]
you could say it shows full well why america hates the rest of the world, but also why americans can be hated - not for their ignorance, but for their sheer disrespect
as o'rourke shows, this can be a good thing
it can also be a bad thing
just watch out not to choke on your croissant
it's actually a very true depiction of the way many of our generation might see the world - sad but true
and it bears on a sort of a slightly more academical type of ali-g view of the world
let's not forget, the guy wrote these diatribes for rolling stone, so his main concern in most cases is where's the party at, dude?
his political outlook, if you can call it that, is therefore also somewhat tricky to grasp
in the foreword, he explains shit is shit wherever it my be, and his honesty is something well worth admiring. on the other hand, writing about europe in a way so obviously based on stereotypes and clichés [some of which are true, but not all of it] pushes the buck a little far and my fervour has been dampened since then
however, you cannot help but laugh sometimes as he does have a very keen analytical eye which puts things into very sharp context [e.g. "one by one and man to man Arabs are the salt of the earth - generous, hospitable, brave, wise, and so on and so forth. Bet get them in a pack and shove a Koran down their pants and they act like a footlocker full of full of glue-sniffing civet cats"]
you could say it shows full well why america hates the rest of the world, but also why americans can be hated - not for their ignorance, but for their sheer disrespect
as o'rourke shows, this can be a good thing
it can also be a bad thing
just watch out not to choke on your croissant
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Classic PJ. I constantly laughed out loud while first reading it years ago and it still cracks me up. He skewers idiocy without regard in AK47-like bursts of descriptive prose. What? Oh, and it's a negative 100 on the political correctness weenie scale. Read it now. It will be one of the first books banned when the libs finally dump the Constitution. Where are you PJ? Put together another book soon.
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One of the most tasteless, yet insightful examinations of
modern institutions written in the last couple of decades.
O'Rourke, while making no pretension of objectivity or
balance, skewers the Sandinistas, Harvard, Heritage USA,
and many others. Don't worry about not liking O'Rourke's
politics; the ludicrous imagery will have you laughing
despite your conscience. To give you an idea of how
irrestible this book is, I have given copies to a Jimmy Carter
appointee and to an unrepentent feminisist. Both laughed
uncontrollably. The JC apointee thanked me.
modern institutions written in the last couple of decades.
O'Rourke, while making no pretension of objectivity or
balance, skewers the Sandinistas, Harvard, Heritage USA,
and many others. Don't worry about not liking O'Rourke's
politics; the ludicrous imagery will have you laughing
despite your conscience. To give you an idea of how
irrestible this book is, I have given copies to a Jimmy Carter
appointee and to an unrepentent feminisist. Both laughed
uncontrollably. The JC apointee thanked me.
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One of the funniest books I ever read!
OK... So here you are on a nice little holiday. You've certainly earned it... Where to go? Lebanon seems like a very good idea!!! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Juli 2005 von Ola Joernmark
Being This Funny Should Be Against the Law
No, this man is too much. I have never read anyone funnier or smarter. From his exalted brilliance in Parliament of Whores to his latest Eat the Rich, P.J. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. März 1999 von Belinda B.
The more I travel the more perceptive this book seems.
After I travel in one of these countries, and then read the book again, the part that always gets me is that he isn't making the funny stuff up.
Am 4. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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