PublishedAllen & Unwin, June 2010 |
ISBN9781741759624 |
FormatSoftcover, 448 pages |
Dimensions23.3cm × 15.4cm |
Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the US and the UK. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the US war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature.
This expose traces his journey from a Portsmouth military family to Balliol College, Oxford, and provides vivid accounts of his friendships and famous feuds - Gore Vidal, Martin Amis, Tariq Ali and Edward Said to name but a few.