Parliament of whores
Subtitle: a lone humorist attempts to explain the entire U.S. government
By: P.J. O'Rourke.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; Atlantic Monthly Pr; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Politics, Practical -- United States -- Humor; United States -- Politics and government -- Humor
Description: In 1988 the author moved to Washington to take a long look at our government and to find an answer to the question every American asks: What the hell do these guys do all day, and why does it cost so much money? In his Introduction, he proffers the theory that we are suffering under a dictatorship of boredom. Adopting the manner of a high school civics textbook, he covers the three branches of government -- legislative, executive, judicial -- in a section entitled "Money, Television and Bullshit."
Notes: "A Morgan Entrekin book."