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All the Trouble in the World - The Lighter Side of Overpopulation Famine Ecological Disaster Ethnic Hatred Plague and Poverty - cover

All the Trouble in the World - The Lighter Side of Overpopulation Famine Ecological Disaster Ethnic Hatred Plague and Poverty

P. J. O'Rourke

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

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Summary

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author takes an “unfailingly funny” look at global problems and offers his own political perspective (The Washington Times).   In this volume, the political humorist and former National Lampoon editor-in-chief attacks fashionable worries—all those terrible problems that are constantly on our minds and in the news, but about which most of us have no real clue—and crisscrosses the globe in search of solutions to today’s most vexing issues, including overpopulation, famine, plague, and multiculturalism. In the process, he produces a hilarious and informative book which ensures that the concept of political correctness will never be the same again.   “One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year.” —Los Angeles Times   “O’Rourke’s best work since Parliament of Whores.” —The Houston Post   “Bottom line: Buy the book.” —The Wall Street Journal

Available since: 12/01/2007.

Print length: 340 pages.

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