"I give you the example of spittoons"

PJ O’Rourke selects the top five books of political satire for FiveBooks and is interviewed about each of them. If you know PJ O'Rourke, no slouch at political satire himself, you may well enjoy his comments. These are the five he chose:

• Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels
• Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
• George Orwell, Animal Farm
• George Orwell, 1984
• Evelyn Waugh, Put Out More Flags

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P J O’Rourke | FiveBooks