{"product_id":"9781555847067","title":"Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence and a Bad Haircut: 25 Years of P. J. O'Rourke","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe political humorist shares his transformation from dirty hippie to conservative middle-aged grouch: “An incorrigible comic gift” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGive War a Chance\u003c\/i\u003e was at one time a raving pinko, with scars on his formerly bleeding heart to prove it. In \u003ci\u003eAge and Guile: Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut\u003c\/i\u003e, P. J. O’Rourke chronicles the remarkable trajectory that took him from the lighthearted fun of the revolutionary barricades to the serious business of the nineteenth hole.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e How did the O’Rourke of 1970, who summarized the world of “grown-ups” as “materialism, sexual hang-ups, the Republican party, uncomfortable clothes, engagement rings, car accidents, Pat Boone, competition, patriotism, cheating, lying, ranch houses, and TV” come to be in favor of all of those things? What caused his metamorphosis from a beatnik-hippie type comfortable sleeping on dirty mattresses in pot-addled communes during his days as a writer for assorted “underground” papers? Here, O’Rourke shows how his socialist idealism and avant-garde aesthetic tendencies were cured, and how he acquired a healthy and commendable interest in national defense, balanced budgets, Porsches, and Cohiba cigars.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From a former editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e and frequent NPR guest, this hilarious essay collection shows that there’s hope for all those suffering from acute bohemianism.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132477030640,"sku":"9781555847067","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555847067_p0.jpg?v=1763757156","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555847067","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}