Hitch 22: A Memoir: 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.

Backfire: Piers Morgan and the churlish interviewer - Washington Examiner


Backfire: Piers Morgan and the churlish interviewer
Washington Examiner
So when I moderated three debates with him on the substance of "god is not Great," and conducted a three-hour interview on "Hitch-22," his dazzling memoir, I took the time to read the books closely and make extensive preparations.

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KATY CHANCE: Huddled masses and the hunt for fun - Business Day


KATY CHANCE: Huddled masses and the hunt for fun
Business Day
The late Christopher Hitchens, UK-born but who chose to be an American by his death, in his memoir Hitch-22, gets a referral for an immigration lawyer in the US from an immigrant cab driver; he calls the number and the lawyer's voice is as "purely ...