The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way...And It Wasn't My Fault...And I'll Never Do It Again - Rilegato

O'Rourke, P. J.

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ISBN 10: 1611856116 ISBN 13: 9781611856118

Casa editrice: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014

Riassunto

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

The Baby Boom - over-sized, overwrought, overbearing, and all over the place, from Donovan to Obama. The generation that said with a straight face, 'We are the world.'

What's so funny about peace, love and understanding? Ask the generation responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall and their knickers. Who put their faith in the Kyoto Accord and disco. Who dropped out of the capitalist system and popped back again in time to cause a global financial crisis.

How did the Baby Boom become what it is and who let them get away with it?

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Recensione

P.J. O'Rourke's Baby Boom may just be his best book ever. Teems with heart and humor -- much of it laugh out loud, or as the post-boomers would say, LOL -- as well as with his trademark brilliant social commentary. A terrific American memoir, in tone a beguiling mix of Jean Shepherd and "Animal House." In fact, I'm going to revise my prior statement and say flat-out that this is O'Rourke's best book ever, which is a saying a lot --Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You For Smoking

L'autore

P.J. O'Rourke is the author of sixteen books, including Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance, both of which were number-one New York Times bestsellers. His most recent book is Holidays in Heck.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1611856116
• ISBN 13: 9781611856118
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile