{"product_id":"9780802195111","title":"Holidays in Heck","description":"\u003cb\u003eHumorous essays from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author on travel, late-life parenting, and other perils.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e P. J. O’Rourke, hailed as “one of America’s most hilarious writers” by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of the classic travelogue \u003ci\u003eHolidays in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he traversed the globe on a fun-finding mission to what were then some of the most desperate places on the planet, including Warsaw, Managua, and Belfast.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHolidays in Heck\u003c\/i\u003e, O’Rourke embarks on supposedly more comfortable and allegedly less dangerous travels—often with family in tow—which mostly leave him wishing he were under artillery fire again. The essays take O’Rourke on a whirlwind of adventures, from the National Mall in Washington to a family ski vacation (to the Aspen of the Midwest—Ohio—where the highest point of elevation is the six-foot ski instructor that his wife thinks is cute). He also experiences a harrowing horseback ride across the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. The result is a hilarious and often moving portrait of life in the fast lane—only this time as a husband and father.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In this cheeky follow-up to \u003ci\u003eHolidays in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, former war correspondent O’Rourke trades battle zones for more appealing travel destinations, often with his family in tow . . . O’Rourke loses none of his sly humor, finding many opportunities to lampoon American politics under his new guise as a traveling family man.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[O’Rourke] provides colorful, earthy descriptive passages regarding stag hunts in Britain, extreme horseback riding in the wilds of Kyrgyzstan, a poignant look at his bout with cancer and a brief jaunt to Kabul, Afghanistan.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128106107120,"sku":"9780802195111","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802195111_p0.jpg?v=1763666157","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802195111","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}