The CEO of the Sofa

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Hardcover, 288 pages

English language

Published Sept. 2, 2001 by Grove/Atlantic.

ISBN:
978-0-87113-825-5
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P.J. embarks on a mission to the most frightening place of all—his own home, where he faces a toddler who wants a cell phone, a freelance career writing articles like “Chewing-Mouth Dogs Bring Hope to People with Eating Disorders,” and neighbors who smell like democrats.  Undaunted, P.J. holds forth on everything from getting kids to sleep to why Hillary Clinton’s election was a good thing (“We Republicans were almost out of people to hate in the Senate”). Funny, and no-holds-barred, CEO of the Sofa is trademark P.J.

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As funny as anything O'Rourke writes, and as he concentrates less on politics and foreign policy and more on family and everyday life, it's probably more accessible to more people. It's written in a style meant to riff off The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.), and in such a way that the style itself makes for some hilarity. I love O'Rourke; if you don't, you probably won't like it, but it's the book of his you have the best chance of liking, I think.

Subjects

  • Topic - Family
  • Humor
  • American Satire And Humor
  • Literary Collections
  • Topic - Political
  • Careers - General
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Form - Essays
  • Essays
  • American wit and humor