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Republican Party reptile : the confessions, adventures, essays and (other) outrages of … P. J. O'Rourke

This collection of twenty-one essays provides a satirical examination of international events and Western civilisation. The pieces cover topics such as the Lebanese civil war and the 1986 Philippine election through a series of provocative observations.

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