The CEO of the Sofa

Experience a year in the life of a cranky couch potato-also known as "the funniest writer in America" (
The Wall Street Journal).
Touching on topics from technological change to the United Nations, this is a chronicle of the day-to-day home life and frequent harangues of a
New York Times-bestselling humorist. Over the course of the year, in between rants, he does occasionally leave the sofa and embark on exotic adventures-including a blind (drunk) wine tasting with Christopher Buckley, and a Motel 6 where he has twenty-eight channels and a bathroom to himself. As readers of
Parliament of Whores,
Give War a Chance, and his other bestsellers know, P.J. O'Rourke takes no prisoners-though he may take a few naps.
"An entertaining and engaging read." -Associated Press
"A wide-angled worldview from his own living room, his salon of sarcasm. He introduces readers to his assistant, friends, family and smart-aleck babysitter... His vitriolic wit is couched in humor that elicits the gamut from giggles to guffaws." -
Publishers Weekly

P.J. O'Rourke has written nineteen books, including
Modern Manners,
Parliament of Whores, and
All the Trouble in the World. He has written for such publications as
Car and Driver,
Esquire,
Vanity Fair,
The New Republic,
The New York Times Book Review,
Parade,
Harper's Magazine, and
Rolling Stone. He is currently editor-in-chief of
American Consequences.