'As soon as we abandon our own reason', wrote Bertrand Russell, 'and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.'For over forty years, Christopher Hitchens has proclaimed truth where others have spun falsehood and written, with passionate commitment, on matters that others fear to broach. This volume of essays encompasses Hitchens' writing over the past decade on politics, literature and religion.In Arguably Hitchens explores a wide range of cultural and political issues, past and present. His fresh perceptions of figures as diverse as Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, Rebecca West and Philip Larkin are matched in brilliance by his acerbic discussions and intrepid observations, gathered over a lifetime of travelling and reporting from destinations such as Iran, China and Pakistan.Hitchens' life has above all else been one of defiance and wit, courage and...
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En satans massa gubbiga tröttsamheter där han kunde dyka djupare och göra något sant analytiskt. Tänk om en ung kille skulle komma med så mycket förutattade meningar, han skulle aldrig få den publicerad. Okej, jag har inte läst hela men jag vill inte. Och okej, mkt är väl sann livserfarenhet men jag gillar ändå inte att det står i en bok. Humpf.
