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Book Reviews of All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
All the Trouble in the World The Lighter Side of Overpopulation Famine Ecological Disaster Ethnic Hatred Plague and Poverty
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
ISBN-13: 9780871136114
ISBN-10: 0871136112
Publication Date: 8/12/1995
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Book Type: Paperback
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RoyalScatterbrain avatar reviewed All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
highly entertaining... I loved O'Rourke's dry wit and his analogies are hysterical...
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Keep in mind this is not politically correct, nor seeks to say things to make people happy and you'll enjoy this off the wall writer.
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Troublemaker P.J. O'Rourke pokes and prods at everything that makes up this crazy world. I enjoyed this book.
mcpenguin5 avatar reviewed All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty on + 93 more book reviews
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Hillarious! O'Rourke is a magician with wit and sarcasm. Edgy take on the anxieties of modern America.
mcpenguin5 avatar reviewed All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty on + 93 more book reviews
This is a very funny book by a very funny man. He takes a rather acid approach to the problems that plague us, or seem to plague us. Easy read, light and funny. Keep your sense of humor intact however, if conservative types annoy you.
buzzby avatar reviewed All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty on + 6062 more book reviews
Well, he goes to some interesting places and has some interesting insights. However, he seems to think that everyone is stupider than he is.
buzzby avatar reviewed All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty on + 6062 more book reviews
Well, I don't like his politics, but at least he doesn't overexplain his jokes or beat them to death.
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This is a paperback, not hardback edition.
I found that O'Rourke does a good job of making complicated issues understandable and funny.