The Baby Boom
P.J. O Rourke began writing funny things in 1960s underground newspapers, became editor-in-chief of "National Lampoon," then spent 20 years reporting for "Rolling Stone" and "The Atlantic Monthly" as the world s only trouble spot humorist, going to wars, riots, rebellions, and other Holidays in Hell in more than 40 countries. Now O Rourke, born at the peak of the Baby Boom, turns his keen eye on himself and his 75 million accomplices in making America what it is today. With laughter as an analytical tool, he uses his own very average, if sometimes uproarious experiences as a key to his exceptional age cohort. He writes about the way the post-war generation somehow came of age by never quite growing up and created a better society by turning society upside down. "THE BABY BOOM: How it Got That Way And It Wasn t My Fault And I ll Never Do It Again" is at once a social history, a group memoir of collectively impaired memory, a hilarious attempt to understand his generation s messy hilarity, and a celebration of the mess the Baby Boom has made.
272 pages, 9 editions
English edition · First published 2014 by Atlantic Monthly Press · ISBN 9780802193070
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Editions
9 editions
English
- The baby boom · Atlantic Monthly Press · 2018 · ISBN 9780802193070 This page
- The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way and It Wasn't My Fault and I'll Never Do It Again · Grove Press · 2015 · ISBN 9781611855586
- The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way and It Was'nt My Fault and I'll Never Do It Again · Grove Press · 2014 · ISBN 9781611856118
- The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way... And It Wasn't My Fault... And I'll Never Do It Again · Brilliance Audio · 2014 · ISBN 9781491508459
- The Baby Boom : How It Got That Way and It Wasn't My Fault and I'll Never Do It Again · Atlantic Monthly Press · 2014 · ISBN 9781322484518
- The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way and It Was'nt My Fault and I'll Never Do It Again · Grove Press · 2014 · ISBN 9781611859799
- The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way and It Wasn't My Fault and I'll Never Do It Again · Atlantic Monthly Press · 2014 · ISBN 9780802121974
- The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way... And It Wasn't My Fault... And I'll Never Do It Again · Brilliance Audio · 2014 · ISBN 9781491508435
- The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way and It Was'nt My Fault and I'll Never Do It Again · Grove Press · 2014 · ISBN 9781611855739
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