{"product_id":"holidays-in-heck-9780802145956","title":"Holidays in Heck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHumorous essays from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author on travel, late-life parenting, and other perils.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eP. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this cheeky follow-up to Holidays in Hell, 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P. J. O'Rourke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42956005015670,"sku":"9780802145956","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_524dbbd8-6a35-4484-8051-3dbb39f01942.jpg?v=1775336443","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/holidays-in-heck-9780802145956","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}