Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government.

O'ROURKE, P.J.

$475.00

Item Number: 133079

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.

First edition of O’Rourke’s international best-seller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “To Jennifer all the best! P.J. O’Rourke 6/2/91.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff.

A scathing critique of the American system of governance from a conservative perspective, P. J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores sold over 150,000 copies in its first two months of release and received an overwhelmingly positive critical reception. Time Magazine called it "a riotously funny and perceptive indictment of America's political system". The New York Times called it "a funnily savage attack on the political authorities of the United States". In a piece about its 1992 paperback release, USA Today described it as "the anthem of this political year".