Hitchens's personality can make him seem, whether you agree with him or not, among the most purely alive people on the planet.'- Dwight Garner, The New York Times ' Hitch-22 is among the loveliest paeans to the dearness of one's friends.

I laughed out loud - raucously and continuously - reading this book.'- Jeff Simon, Buffalo News This is among the most awaited books of the season, and while it confounds, misleads, exasperates and, on occasion, even bores, it also entertains to an almost shocking degree and illuminates almost as much. ' extraordinary memoir by a truly astonishing figure of our literary age. a complex portrait of a public intellectual.'- Alexandra Alter, The Wall Street Journal a fat and juicy memoir of a fat and juicy life.'- Diana McLellan, The Washington Post 'After reading Hitch-22, the only thing you can be sure of is that this flawed knight will not breathe contentedly unless he has a dragon to slay.'- Ariel Gonzales, The Miami Herald Hitchens takes no prisoners, not even himself.'- Mark Oppenheimer, The New Haven Review Hitch-22 reminded me why I love the author of The Missionary Position, his fervent slapping of Mother Teresa, and his book about the war crimes of Henry Kissinger. The destination hardly matters.'- Ed Luce, The Financial Times With Hitchens one simply goes along for the ride. It is hard not to admire the sheer virtuosity of his prose. Fewer still can emulate his punch as an intellectual character assassin. 'Few writers can match his cerebral pyrotechnics. that one cannot read his latest masterpiece for having to stop, find a pencil and page stickers in order to underline and signify his many remarks, each greater than the other.'- Liz Smith, 'e has so many great quotes and quotables. 'Hitch is as Hitch does, and he's not apologizing to anyone.'- Drew Toal, Time Out New York

Hitchens fascinates with the life he has lived and observed and, as always, relates his story with precision and consideration.'- Bill Cusamano, Nicola's Books 'The most erudite and astute political and social commentator of this era has written a memoir that not only give the reader a view of the man behind the words but also a perceptive look at society over the past decades. 'In this frank, often wickedly funny account, Hitchens traces his evolution as a fiercely independent thinker and enemy of people who are convinced of their absolute certainty. Hitchens paints a credible and even affecting self-portrait.'- The New Yorker 'As contemptuous, digressive, righteous, and riotously funny as the rest of the author's incessant output, this memoir is an effective coming-of-age story, regardless of what one may think of the resulting adult. His perspective on becoming an American citizen is refreshing at a time when it's easy to become jaded about our role in the world.- Mark Rahner, The Seattle Times Christopher Hitchens' memoir has the same nerve and frankness that first made me admire him.

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