O'Rourke, P. J.: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty (Paperback)

from dmcolon

I went through a P.J. O'Rourke phase a few years back. At the time, I was in a more right-wing frame of mind, so you have to take that into account. Still, I can't deny that I find his stuff well-written and incredibly funny. This book skewers environmentalism and its disciples. As I've thought a...

from glade1

I enjoyed this book more than I expected to. O'Rourke is generally more conservative than I am but he is rational and lighthearted. In this book he investigates various problems with the human condition by visiting areas that seem to epitomize the problems: Bangladesh to explore overpopulation, M...

from glade1

I enjoyed this book more than I expected to. O'Rourke is generally more conservative than I am but he is rational and lighthearted. In this book he investigates various problems with the human condition by visiting areas that seem to epitomize the problems: Bangladesh to explore overpopulation, M...

from aarch235

Unlike most of O'Rourke's writings, I came to this very late - over a decade after it was published. This may be the reason I found it such a slow, difficult read - the world has changed so much since then, I found myself constantly trying to file his experiences into the timeline of my own memor...