In this sweeping collection of essays, reportage and criticism, Hitchens' polemical talents at their most fearsome.
In this sweeping collection of essays, reportage and criticism, Hitchens' polemical talents at their most fearsome.
The departure point for this book is an antique saying: life is complete unless love, poverty and war have been experienced. In 'Love', Christopher Hitchens celebrates the work of Joyce, Proust and Borges. 'Poverty' includes a series of devastating assessments of Michael Moore and the cult of the Kennedys. The book's final section, 'War', contains biting reportage from North Korea, Pakistan and Iraq.
Hitchens is just too damn good. New Statesman An exceptional political polemicist Prospect Dazzling, and often very moving, writing from the 1990s by 'one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time Observer
Christopher Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. His numerous books include Letters to a Young Contrarian, Why Orwell Matters and most recently Hitch-22.
The departure point for this book is an antique saying: life is complete unless love, poverty and war have been experienced. In 'Love', Christopher Hitchens celebrates the work of Joyce, Proust and Borges. 'Poverty' includes a series of devastating assessments of Michael Moore and the cult of the Kennedys. The book's final section, 'War', contains biting reportage from North Korea, Pakistan and Iraq.
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