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In the book that he quite possibly was born to write, provocateur and bestselling author christopher hitchens inspires future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, angry young women and dissidents. A young contrarian, max mcguinness, salutes a brilliant conversationalist, prodigious smoker, with surprisingly bourgeois virtues. Jul 31, 2012 christopher hitchens talked about his book, letters to a young contrarian. Hitchens was the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of over 30 books, including five collections of essays on culture, politics, and literature. Christopher hitchens on letters to a young contrarian.
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Christopher hitchens 19492011 was the author of letters to a young contrarian, and the bestseller no one left to lie to. May 03, 2014 christopher hitchens cspan 2001 i have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that i am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator. This is the most stoning book ive read lately, it is curious how somebody like hitchens was out of mi sight. Christopher eric hitchens april 1949 15 december 2011 was an englishamerican author, columnist, essayist, orator, journalist, and social critic. Letters to a young contrarian audiobook by christopher. Beneath his hardsmoking, harddiscoursing veneer, christopher hitchens has always been a distinguished man of letters, the kind of writer whose ruthless journalistic crusades long for a. I was inspired to read this book because of a youtube video i viewed recently in which christopher hitchens debated and destroyed four other debaters.
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