Sunday Times A pert yet elegantly written memoir. In an excerpt from his memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens recalls his adventures with Martin Amis and an oddly arousing chastisement from Margaret Thatcher. Hitch-22 sparkles with funny stories, treasurable quotations, witty apercus and deft descriptions. Through the years Hitchens has won so many debates arguing for points he himself now repudiates. So, one might have thought that the reconsiderations undertaken by the sixty-year-old author of Hitch-22 would lead him to tone down a little. Hitchens wrote numerous books, but became a popular author in 2007 thanks to "God is Not Great," a manifesto for atheists.Ĭlick through for a look at all of Hitchens books. Christopher Hitchens is one of the great conversationalists of our age and his wit, style and erudition are brilliantly deployed in this glittering autobiography. Hitchens, by now a libertarian, was sobered. In addition to contributing to Vanity Fair, he also wrote for other publications, including Slate magazine. "I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient." "I love the imagery of struggle," he wrote.
He wrote about his illness in an August 2010 essay in Vanity Fair. Though the author had been dealing with cancer, he did not repent or forgive or ask for pity. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston of pneumonia, a complication of his esophageal cancer, according to a statement from Vanity Fair magazine. Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. (CBS/AP) Christopher Hitchens, a Washington, D.C.-based author, essayist and polemicist, died Thursday night at M.D. Hitch-22: A Memoir (Unabridged) by Christopher Hitchens - Paid Audiobooks - Best Sellers Download mp3s, get previews, browse categories and search for your.
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