This is a compendium of quotes of No. 1 "New York Times" bestselling author Christopher Hitchens, arranged by hundreds of subjects, most of it gathered in book form for the first time. "The Quotable Hitchens" gathers Eminent journalist, public intellectual, and all-around provocateur Christopher Hitchen's most pithy, scathing, inflammatory, hilarious, and intelligent commentary from the entirety of his storied career, most of it previously uncollected in book form. Drawn from his many TV appearances, debates, lectures, interviews, articles, books, and more, it will be arranged alphabetically by subject, from Atheism to Alcoholism, Mother Teresa to George Orwell, Islamofacism to Iraq, Smoking to Sex, and more.
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"(A) display of the highest order of the potency and salability of pithiness. A journalist first, but also a rhetorician and provocateur, Mr Hitchens's oeuvre is indeed highly quotable, as this compendium illustrates. Culled by Windsor Mann from Mr Hitchens's essays, articles and TV appearances, this book is a gleeful array of biting quips, twisty barbs and some disarmingly well-turned phrases."
--The Economist
--The Economist
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Christopher Hitchens is the author of Hitch-22, and the No. 1 New York Times bestseller god Is Not Great, as well as numerous books on subjects ranging from George Orwell to Mother Teresa to Henry Kissinger to Bill Clinton to Thomas Jefferson. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and lives in Washington, D.C. Windsor Mann has been an editor at the Washington Times, at Fox News Channel, and has worked as a researcher for Christopher Hitchens (God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything), Stephen F. Hayes (Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President) and Jonah Goldberg (Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning). His articles have appeared in the Weekly Standard, National Review Online, the American Spectator, the Washington Examiner, and the Washington Times.
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By hlsathaven
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I've read quite a bit of Hitchens, so I expected to be familiar with much of the material in this book, but I was quite surprised at how much stuff was new to me - it comes from many sources, and it's all in alphabetical order.. Entertaining, thought-provoking, a bit dry in parts, but you really need to read the original source material to get the context sometimes, and the most enjoyment.
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By D' Holbach
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This book is a superb distillation of the work of Christopher Hitchens. In many respects his writing style is reminiscent of HL Mencken with whom he shares a similar outlook on life especially his disdain of the clergy and other pompous elements of society.I found the book demonstrates his prowess as todays leading wordsmith.
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By Martin Jurca
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If you like Hitch, its a must read. Not only that you will have some of the greatest Christophers quotes in one place, this book will encourage you to look up for his old articles about wars, politics, religion etc. and get more detailed view on his opinions and retrospect them.
"In the UK, the Queen is the head of the church and head of the state, as wellas the Armed Forces - a state of affairs that is so ridiculous that many people hardly notice it."
"In the UK, the Queen is the head of the church and head of the state, as wellas the Armed Forces - a state of affairs that is so ridiculous that many people hardly notice it."
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I bought this book simply because I love Hitchens and his work and opinions. However, this book has proved to be extremely useful in a number of different situations. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Will
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What I wanted
It is a good introduction to Hitchens. Efficiently processed and delivered. I can't think of anything else to say about a book I wanted which was delivered promptly!
Published 4 months ago by D F Roberts
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Amazing
As someone who has only recently got into Hitchings its a very good read I pick it up from time to time just to see some well worded quotes.
Published 6 months ago by arron.stepan
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Alcoholic idiot
Some people are very impressed by lazy sarcasm and a posh accent. Christopher Hitchens was a hack, torn apart by George Galloway in their debate, and he has no credibility left... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Zero
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Love this guy. Wish I had his intelligence. Very useful quotes. On tv recently with Tony Blair and I think Chris Hitchens just edged the debate.
Published 23 months ago by bykerbill
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