"'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 spans Hitchens' whole career and encompasses his writing on politics, literature and religion. It is the most comprehensive collection of the work of the finest English essayist since Orwell. Arguably contains all aspects of Hitchens' wide repertoire as journalist, polemicist and critic. Divided into sections such as: 'All American', 'Eclectic Affinities' and 'Foreign Quarrels', Hitchens unfolds his views on subjects ranging from Clinton to Kissinger; Powell to Proust. Hitchens' life has, above all else, been one of defiance and wit, courage and humility:...
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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.
