Christopher Hitchens was at his best slaying sacred cows
As always, enjoy the language and try to overlook the lapses in judgment
Non-fiction; And Yet . . . Essays; By Christopher Hitchens; Atlantic Books, €22.60
There’s a protocol of consensus which is followed every time a great man of letters dies: a spasm of gushing and sometimes overcompensatory tributes; a decently observed period of silence; and then, after a year or so, the inevitable publication of an anthology of the deceased’s work, usually containing as many duds as it does diamonds.
Christopher Hitchens has already ...
