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An outstanding collection of some of the best pieces that Christopher Hitchens wrote for the London Review of Books. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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There is, as I intimated earlier, a sense of over-familiarity with the topics: other essays discuss favourite Hitchens scratching-posts like the monarchy, Bill Clinton and Salman Rushdie. But they're all fluent and entertaining pieces (well, mostly: the Isaiah Berlin piece – by far the longest – was a chore). The book never feels like a shallow corral of essays which didn't make the cut in previous collections – which should be reassuring to prospective readers worried about their possible gullibility – and it has a sense of unity and continuity. Eighteen of the essays span the Nineties, bookended by one from 1983 and one from 2002, and if Hitchens in these pages is not yet the popular, battle-ready public intellectual he became in the post-9/11 decade, he is nevertheless a compelling presence. While I can't help but feel Hitchens would dislike the trite pun in the title, A Hitch in Time possesses enough quality writing to overcome any cynicism I had about its publication. ( )