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    Adam's Rating : 9.5     Rotten Rating : 0     Review Date : 8/7/10 5:31 PM        Bookmark and Share

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    If you follow this blog you probably know that my favorite author is Christopher Hitchens. It seems a bit odd that Hitch would write his memoirs at the ripe old age of 59. He starts his book by addressing this question. Hitch says that you never know when your time is up so it is better to write it too soon than too late. Life proved Hitch to be right - as soon as he started his book tour to promote the book he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He will not survive this cancer.

    While the middle of the book can sometimes be a little dry (it seems more of an ode to his friends and the reader is watching from afar), much of the book is utterly fascinating.

    - He founds out the truth about his mother's death and later a family secret that she took to her grave.
    - His father was a simple man that died of esophageal cancer.
    - He had homosexual experiences while at boarding school (and possibly later)
    - His shift from being an advocate of the far-left to a pro-war supporter. This was fascinating.
    - Meeting a family of a man that went to war after reading Hitch's work and was later killed in battle.

    I hope this isn't his last book (gulp)

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