Hitch 22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens - Non Fiction - Paperback

Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781838952334. Publisher: Atlantic Books. Overview:. Hitch-22 is the candid, wide-ranging memoir of Christopher Hitchens, one of the most fearless essayists and public intellectuals of his generation. Tracing his path from a naval childhood in Portsmouth to the front lines of global politics and journalism, Hitchens reflects on friendships, feuds, ideas and regrets with characteristic wit and rigour. This new paperback edition is ideal for readers of literary memoir, political history and sharp, uncompromising prose.. About the Book:. In Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens turns his formidable powers of observation on his own life. The memoir opens in Portsmouth, where a devoted but troubled mother and a stern, undemonstrative naval father shaped his earliest years, before following him through Oxford, into left-wing politics, and onward to a career that took him from war zones to the salons of Washington DC. Along the way he charts his friendships and disputes with major literary and political figures, his gradual break with the left, and his outspoken opposition to totalitarianism in all its forms. The narrative is by turns funny, self-critical and unflinching, offering rare insight into the private doubts behind a famously combative public persona. Hitchens does not shy away from difficult subjects, addressing his complicated feelings about faith, nationality and belonging with the same intellectual honesty he brought to his journalism. Written and revised as he faced a terminal cancer diagnosis, the memoir carries an added poignancy, reading in places like a reckoning with mortality itself. For readers already familiar with his essays and broadcasts, Hitch-22 fills in the personal history behind the arguments; for newcomers, it stands as a compelling introduction to a singular voice in modern letters. It is a book about ideas as much as events, and about the costs and rewards of a life lived unapologetically in public..