Copyright © 1987, 1993 by P. J. O’Rourke

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

O’Rourke, P. J.

The bachelor home companion: a practical guide to keeping house
like a pig/by P.J. O’Rourke: photographs by Alan Rose.
Originally published: New York: Pocket Books, 1987.
1. Bachelors—Humor. 2. House cleaning—Humor. 3. Cookery
Humor. I. Title.
PN6231.B25076 1993 818’.5402—dc20 92-38785
ISBN-10: 0-87113-686-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-686-2

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