Hitch 22: Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award
May 2010 · Atlantic Books Ltd
4.2star
31 reviews
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448
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About this ebook
The acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of god Is Not Great .
In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traced the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC, the base from which from he would launch fierce attacks on tyranny of all kinds. Along the way, he recalled the girls, boys and booze; the friendships and the feuds; the grand struggles and lost causes; and the mistakes and misgivings that have characterised his life.
Hitch-22 is, by turns, moving and funny, charming and infuriating, enraging and inspiring. It is an indispensable companion to the life and thought of our pre-eminent political writer.
In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traced the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC, the base from which from he would launch fierce attacks on tyranny of all kinds. Along the way, he recalled the girls, boys and booze; the friendships and the feuds; the grand struggles and lost causes; and the mistakes and misgivings that have characterised his life.
Hitch-22 is, by turns, moving and funny, charming and infuriating, enraging and inspiring. It is an indispensable companion to the life and thought of our pre-eminent political writer.
Ratings and reviews
4.2
31 reviews
Joshua Braiden
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February 14, 2014
He was the contrarian who moved to a place where freedom of speech allowed him to express his opinions and this book details that journey while giving us huge doses of his legendary wit.
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Julianna Nadal
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December 13, 2013
He was just a thoroughly nasty individual who hated his country and everything that underscores its heritage. Everything he wrote was nothing more than drivel cloaked in absurdity, his work the literary equivalent of the dross that passes for "art" at a Turner Prize exhibition. When will anti- religionists open their eyes up to the fact that they are but the mirror image of religious zealots? Both should be regarded with extreme caution because neither have anything of merit or comfort to offer humanity.
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Michal Czerep
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September 14, 2014
Great read, fantastic insight into the mind of the man
About the author
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a columnist for Slate. He was the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Orwell, Mother Teresa,
Henry Kissinger and Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as his international bestseller and National Book Award nominee, god Is Not Great. His memoir, Hitch-22, which was a Sunday Times bestseller, was nominated for the Orwell Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His last book, Mortality, was published in 2012 by Atlantic Books.
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