
Hitch-22: A Memoir
Christopher Hitchens
Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature. He is a fervent atheist, raised as a Christian, by a mother whose Jewish heritage was not revealed to him until her suicide. In other words, Christopher Hitchens contains multitudes. He sees all sides of an argument. And he believes the personal is political. This is the story of his life, lived large.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Year
- 2010
- ISBN-13
- 9780446568968
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Personal and political identityJournalism and war reportingReligion and atheism
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(2010)
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