{"product_id":"holidays-in-hell-by-p-j-orourke","title":"'Holidays in Hell' by P. J. O'Rourke","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-3\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-3\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-3\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-44\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b967944e-bfd8-480e-a63f-86fff5939092\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"855\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"545\"\u003eHolidays in Hell\u003c\/em\u003e collects P. J. O’Rourke’s dispatches from the world’s late-Cold-War disaster zones: El Salvador, Lebanon, the Philippines, South Korea, South Africa, Poland, Northern Ireland, Nicaragua, and assorted other places where ideology, violence and foreign policy have made a mess and then put a hotel bar beside it.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"1402\"\u003eO’Rourke’s method is political travel writing by way of the hangover. It is fast, rude, observant, morally suspicious, and often very funny in the exact way one probably should not be funny when discussing civil war, dictatorship and American intervention. It is very \"American\" and that is partly the point, but you won't be the first to find it entirely obnoxious. But for those who love him, or are curious, he writes from inside the grotesque theatre of global politics, watching liberal pieties, conservative fantasies, revolutionary slogans and diplomatic language all fail to survive contact with actual streets, soldiers, pilots, bureaucrats and bullets in the grillwork. It's perfect of the era writing to really see how America's media was ticking. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1625\"\u003eThink of this as journalism as nasty weather: comic, bleak, over-caffeinated, and allergic to anyone who thinks history can be tidied up with a position statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1902\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst printing hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. Dust jacket present with visible edge wear, rubbing and creasing, especially along spine and corners.  Boards and pages clean and solid, with light toning. Readable, presentable copy of the first edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44657764499539,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-26T100228.143.png?v=1779753761","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/holidays-in-hell-by-p-j-orourke","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}