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Christopher Hitchens

  • NONFICTION

    MORTALITY

    SEPT. 4, 2012

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

MORTALITY

by Christopher Hitchens

Certainly, Hitchens died too soon. May this moving little visit to his hospital room not be the last word from him. Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    HITCH-22

    JUNE 2, 2010

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

HITCH-22

by Christopher Hitchens

Revealing and riveting. There's little about his brother, his two marriages or his children, but other memoirs may follow. Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    LETTERS TO A YOUNG CONTRARIAN

    OCT. 22, 2001

  • NONFICTION

    WHY ORWELL MATTERS

    OCT. 1, 2002

NONFICTION

WHY ORWELL MATTERS

by Christopher Hitchens

Admirers of Hitchens should find no fault with this appreciation, which is of an interesting piece with pal Martin Amis’s... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    LEFT HOOKS, RIGHT CROSSES

    NOV. 1, 2002

HISTORY

LEFT HOOKS, RIGHT CROSSES

edited by Christopher Hitchens & Christopher Caldwell

Good bedside reading, with pieces that are short, digestible, and sometimes soporific. Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    LOVE, POVERTY, AND WAR

    JAN. 1, 2005

CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES

LOVE, POVERTY, AND WAR

by Christopher Hitchens

A well-turned collection with scarcely a false note. A pleasure for Hitchens’s many fans, and certainly no comfort for his... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    GOD IS NOT GREAT

    MAY 1, 2007

NONFICTION

GOD IS NOT GREAT

by Christopher Hitchens

It’s clear from page to page that Hitchens, a columnist for Vanity Fair, is having a grand time twitting the folks in the... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    THOMAS JEFFERSON

    JUNE 2, 2005

NONFICTION

THOMAS JEFFERSON

by Christopher Hitchens

A politician driven by self-interest? The very thought in the matter of the master of Monticello tells us that we live in... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    THOMAS PAINE’S RIGHTS OF MAN

    SEPT. 1, 2007

CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES

THOMAS PAINE’S RIGHTS OF MAN

by Christopher Hitchens

Less exuberant than Tom Collins’s essential book The Trouble with Tom (2005). Still, as with all Hitchens, well worth... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2010

    OCT. 5, 2010

NONFICTION

THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2010

edited by Christopher Hitchens

A wide variety of quality writing, both reflective and reported. Full review >

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