The acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of God Is Not Great. Over the last thirty years, Christopher Hitchens has established himself as one of the world?s most influential public intellectuals. His originality, bravery, range, and wit made him first a leading iconoclast of the political left and then, later in his career, a formidable advocate of secular liberalism. When the Twin Towers were attacked in September 2001, Hitchens was re-energised again, quickly emerging as one of the fiercest and most influential advocates of war on Iraq. In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC, the base from which from he would launch fierce attacks...
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2011-02-24
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Jag har lyssnat på författarens egna inläsning av denna bok, något jag starkt rekommenderar då Hitchens egna subtila "dramatisering" gör många avsnitt extra njutbara. Boken innehåller mycket som är kul och intressant men - såsom fallet kanske är i många själbiografier - avsnitt som är mindre så. Hursomhelst, Hitchens skarpa intellekt, hederlighet, självkritiska hållning och stora humor gör boken läsvärd. Hans stora kärlek till litteratur och poesi inspirerar också till läsning av nya författare, inte minst George Orwell, Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie, etc.
