Holidays in Hell follows P. J. O’Rourke on a worldwide fun-finding mission towards the most desperate places on earth, from your bombed-out streets of Beirut to the stultifying blandness of History USA. P.J.’s unforgettable adventures abroad include storming college student protesters’ barricades in South Korea, interviewing Communist insurrectionists in the Philippines, and going undercover in Arab garb at Jerusalem’s Dome from the Rock Mosque. Filled with P.J.’s classic riffs on from Polish about Holidays in Hell nightlife under communism to Third World driving tips, Vacations in Hell is among the best-loved books by one of today’s most celebrated humorists – a full-tilt, no-holds-barred romp through politics, lifestyle, and ideology. “That is funny, outrageous, perceptive stuff, written with brio.” -The Washington Post Reserve World “O’Rourke . seems to have teethed on brass knuckles and suckled on bile. He’s also among the funniest writers in the us, or wherever else he might go to satisfy his desperate need to extract humor from folly and chaos.” -Period “To state that P. J. O’Rourke is normally funny is similar to stating that the Rocky Mountains are scenic – accurate but insufficient. At greatest he’s downright exhilarating.” – Chicago Tribune