The great polemicist is certain to be remembered, but perhaps not as he would like.
By George Eaton
"Nothing concentrates the mind more than reading about oneself in the past tense", quipped Christopher Hitchens on discovering that his death had been prematurely announced by the National Portrait Galler. A catalogue previewing an exhibition entitled "Martin Amis and Friends" had included a photograph of the polemicist, erroneously captioned, "the late Christopher Hitchens". A month later, he was diagnosed with inoperable cancer, lending his words a haunting new resonance.
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Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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Hitch’s Rolls-Royce mind is still purring
November 25, 2011Posted by Tom at 00:05
Labels: 2011, Christopher Hitchens, George Eaton, Ian McEwan, New Statesman, polemicist, Stephen Fry
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What are the odds that I get to see a Rolls Royce in sydney auto auctions? That is my ultimate dream car.
Owning a vehicle such as Rolls Royce is everyone's hoping to have. Actually, there are those people who will go for bad credit auto financing just to own one.
Rolls Royce is pretty much hard to sell on different country. Since they've built a fine machine, maybe the word of mouth is enough to sell it.
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