AGE AND GUILE BEAT YOUTH, INNOCENCE AND A BAD HAIRCUT

Judging by this enjoyable volume, political humorist P.J. O'Rourke was a smart-ass when he was a drug-crazed hippie radical and remains one today as a conservative basher of liberal folly. Norman Dietz has a perfect handle on his sense of humor in this anthology covering more than twenty-five years of his commentary. Whether the listener agrees or disagrees with his politics won't affect the pleasurable effect of his comic iconoclasm, which Dietz delivers with personality and a good sense of timing. Y.R. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: MAR/APR 98]