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Hitch-22

A Memoir

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Hitch-22

By: Christopher Hitchens
Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
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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 on tyranny of all kinds. Along the way, he recalls the girls, boys and booze; the friendships and the feuds; the grand struggles and lost causes; and the mistakes and misgivings that have characterised his life.

Hitch-22 is, by turns, moving and funny, charming and infuriating, enraging and inspiring. It is an indispensable companion to the life and thought of our pre-eminent political writer.

Narrated by Christopher Hitchens himself shortly before his untimely death, this is a poignant listening experience.

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nice way of seeing into the way he thinks and why he developed his thought process the way he did

awesome

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Hitch's mind was truly one of the greatest ever housed in a primate's skull. So extremely lucid and with the most incredible command of language he gives a thought-provoking backstory to how he accumulated an almost super-natural like body of wisdom in relation to our shared humanity. Privileged to have listened to this book and recommend that you do too.

Stunning

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Loved it. True inspiration. Hate that he's not here. Recommended to everyone who's interested in intellectual.

Amazing

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For those of you who are on the left, this memoir may sound akin to Goldstein's Confession.
On the contrary. Mr Hitchens speaks more of being true to oneself, rather than being loyal to a doctrine ( and, eventually, a Dogma.)

Hitch 22. I miss this man and his wit.

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Enjoyed getting to know the Hitch, very eloquent and at times, through the seriousness of life extremely funny.

Fascinating.

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A brilliant memoir by Hitch, and so enjoyable listening to him narrate it. I have always admired Hitches', for both his perspective and his personality. I would recommend this to anyone interested in the fantastic retelling of his journey through life. I will definitely be relistening to this in the future.

Fantastic

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Hitchens at his brilliant best. One of the most influential and certainly the most persuasive, voices of the last 50 years. If you read nothing else by this author, then read this - warning - you will be hooked !

Hitchslap !

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I’d love to hear Hitch’s thoughts and opinion on today’s world. He died too young.

A great mind. Sorely missed.

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If you could sum up Hitch-22 in three words, what would they be?

The life of a great raconteur, journalist and public intellectual as a backdrop for musing on every philosophical and political topic and major event of historical importance imaginable. He name-drops wildly, but not for effect: he really was best friends with Martin Amis, knew Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Gore Vidal. Susan Sontag etc. etc. He charts his beginnings from public school communist to an eventual slide to the right and becoming a non-pacifist and supporter of the war in Iraq, without losing his sense of outrage at the worst aspects of neo-con policies, bigotry, inequality and despotism.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Hitch-22?

His accounts of riotously funny lunches with Kingsley Amis, Clive James and Martin Amis et al. Also his stories of life at an English boarding school were an eyeopener. Too many great stories to recount here.

Any additional comments?

My only criticism of the book is that sometimes Hitchens sounds a bit bored with himself whilst reading his autobiography. His voice sometimes trails away and it was sometimes hard to hear what he was saying.

AKA the death of a radical

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Brilliant to hear the late Christopher Hitchens autobiography read by the author. His unmistakable voice adds so much to the text. Highly recommended.

Excellent

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