ISBN |
9781741759624 (pbk) |
9780446540339 (hbk.) |
Author |
Hitchens, Christopher |
Title |
Hitch-22 : a memoir / Christopher Hitchens. |
Edition |
1st ed. |
Publisher/Date |
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2010. |
Pagination etc. |
x, 432 p., [24] p. of plates. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. |
Contents note |
Includes index. |
Summary Note |
The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time. Confessional, candid and very funny, Hitch-22 is a brilliant expose of one of the world's most controversial thinkers. Hitchens 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 to name but a few. |
Subject - Name |
Hitchens, Christopher |
Subject |
Intellectuals -- United States -- Biography |
Journalists -- United States -- Biography |
Political activists -- United States -- Biography |
Authors, American -- Biography |
British Americans -- Biography |
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography |
Shelf Location |
B HITC |