Mortality - Christopher Hitchens

kennyc · 09-30-2012, 08:22 AM

Anyone read it yet?

Short review here:

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012...ncer-mortality

http://www.amazon.com/Mortality-Chri...ords=mortality

Belfaborac · 09-30-2012, 09:06 AM

I think the piece in NY Daily News captures the book well. I loved it, if such a word can be used about a book such as this, but then I've loved most everything that Hitchens ever wrote, so I'm likely biased. Still, I've always immensely appreciated Hitchens' incomparable ability to capture life and death, warts and all, with brutal honesty and without the slightest measure of sentimentality. Others may prefer their strychnine laced with fruit juice, but I like mine neat.

So: it's certainly not a book which everyone will love, or enjoy, or even manage to finish, but in many ways that's the essence of Hitchens' authorship.

kennyc · 09-30-2012, 10:42 AM

Thanks Belfaborac!

Belfaborac · 09-30-2012, 10:48 AM

My pleasure entirely Kenny.

kennyc · 09-30-2012, 11:04 AM

Got it on my wish list, will purchase if the price drops or wait in the library version.

09-30-2012, 08:22 AM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Mortality - Christopher Hitchens Anyone read it yet? Short review here: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012...ncer-mortality http://www.amazon.com/Mortality-Chri...ords=mortality

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09-30-2012, 09:06 AM	#2
Belfaborac Wizard Posts: 1,498 Karma: 5199835 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Norway Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-950	I think the piece in NY Daily News captures the book well. I loved it, if such a word can be used about a book such as this, but then I've loved most everything that Hitchens ever wrote, so I'm likely biased. Still, I've always immensely appreciated Hitchens' incomparable ability to capture life and death, warts and all, with brutal honesty and without the slightest measure of sentimentality. Others may prefer their strychnine laced with fruit juice, but I like mine neat. So: it's certainly not a book which everyone will love, or enjoy, or even manage to finish, but in many ways that's the essence of Hitchens' authorship.

09-30-2012, 10:42 AM	#3
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thanks Belfaborac!

09-30-2012, 10:48 AM	#4
Belfaborac Wizard Posts: 1,498 Karma: 5199835 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Norway Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-950	My pleasure entirely Kenny.

09-30-2012, 11:04 AM	#5
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Got it on my wish list, will purchase if the price drops or wait in the library version.

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