Hitch 22: A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a columnist for Slate . He was the author of numerous books! including works on Thomas Jefferson! Thomas Paine! George Orwell! Mother Teresa! Henry Kissinger and Bill and Hillary Clinton! as well as his international bestseller and National Book Award nominee! god Is Not Great . His memoir! Hitch-22 ! which was a Sunday Times bestseller! was nominated for the Orwell Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His last book! Mortality ! was published in 2012 by Atlantic Books. Klappentext Praise for Hitch-22 : 'Christopher Hitchens is one of the great conversationalists of our age and his wit, style and erudition are brilliantly deployed in this glittering autobiography. Hitch-22 sparkles with funny stories, treasurable quotations, witty apercus and deft descriptions.' Sunday Times 'A pert yet elegantly written memoir.' Sunday Telegraph 'A fascinating account of the influences - political, cultural and philosophical - on Hitchens's intellectual development... A funny, sad, incisive, and serious narrative... He is our son and one of our most gifted writers. We should take pride in that and be busting our guts to get him back.' Spectator Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award The acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of god Is Not Great . 'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan Zusammenfassung Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle AwardThe acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of god Is Not Great. 'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christopher Hitchens
• Editore: Atlantic Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.03.2011
• EAN: 9781843549222
• ISBN: 978-1-84354-922-2
• Pagine: 435
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 198 mm x 33 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Biografien: allgemein, Medien-, Unterhaltungs-, Informations- und Kommunikationsindustrie, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary, Memoirs, Englische Bücher / Biografie, Erinnerung, Erinnerung / Philosophie, Pädagogik, Wissenschaften, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Autobiography: literary, Autobiography: religious & spiritual, Biography: religious and spiritual, Biography: writers, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership