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kennyc · 06-02-2010, 12:24 PM

In Memoir, Christopher Hitchens Looks Back
By DWIGHT GARNER
Published: June 1, 2010

Christopher Hitchens was in boarding school and barely out of short pants when he first learned that “words could function as weapons.” He was small, bad at sports and got picked on. He worried he was becoming “a mere weed and weakling and kick-bag.” So one day he turned on a tormenter. “You,” the young Mr. Hitchens declared, “are a liar, a bully, a coward, and a thief.” His stunned tormentor slunk away.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/books/02book.html

Looks interesting.

06-02-2010, 12:24 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	New York Times Review of Hitch 22 In Memoir, Christopher Hitchens Looks Back By DWIGHT GARNER Published: June 1, 2010 Christopher Hitchens was in boarding school and barely out of short pants when he first learned that “words could function as weapons.” He was small, bad at sports and got picked on. He worried he was becoming “a mere weed and weakling and kick-bag.” So one day he turned on a tormenter. “You,” the young Mr. Hitchens declared, “are a liar, a bully, a coward, and a thief.” His stunned tormentor slunk away. .... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/books/02book.html Looks interesting.