Best of Booknotes: "Eat the Rich" by P.J. O'Rourke

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related - Spike Magazine interview with P.J. O'Rourke, on the release of Eat the Rich:

"It’s 10.15 am on a Monday morning, and O’Rourke is introducing himself in the Langham Hilton in London. He manages to look different from the photographs that adorn his book covers by being smaller than you might expect and he isn't doing anything silly like wearing a dinner napkin or wielding a rocket-sized cigar - he's simply standing in a raincoat, shirt and tie, introducing himself - "Hi, I'm PJ".

It’s reassuring when he spots the hotel bar immediately after we shake hands - I know it’s really him. When we discover the bar is closed and must opt for a conversation in the marble-floored breakfast room, he mutters that this is fine just so long as he can mix a stiff gin with his tea. He can’t, as it happens, but he conjures up some great conversation anyway despite looking completely drained already at this early hour of the day...

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Eat the Rich, chapter 1: Free Republic

Download mp3 of 50 minutes of P.J. reading excerpts from Eat the Rich: American Conservative University