The destination hardly matters.'- Ed Luce, The Financial Times With Hitchens one simply goes along for the ride. It is hard not to admire the sheer virtuosity of his prose. Fewer still can emulate his punch as an intellectual character assassin. 'Few writers can match his cerebral pyrotechnics. that one cannot read his latest masterpiece for having to stop, find a pencil and page stickers in order to underline and signify his many remarks, each greater than the other.'- Liz Smith, 'e has so many great quotes and quotables. 'Hitch is as Hitch does, and he's not apologizing to anyone.'- Drew Toal, Time Out New York Hitchens fascinates with the life he has lived and observed and, as always, relates his story with precision and consideration.'- Bill Cusamano, Nicola's Books 'The most erudite and astute political and social commentator of this era has written a memoir that not only give the reader a view of the man behind the words but also a perceptive look at society over the past decades. 'In this frank, often wickedly funny account, Hitchens traces his evolution as a fiercely independent thinker and enemy of people who are convinced of their absolute certainty. If you're going to disagree with someone, you want your adversary to be the best he is.'- The New York Post 'I absolutely loved every minute of it! It's delicious writing, highly intelligent, and very provocative, as you'd expect.

Hitchens paints a credible and even affecting self-portrait.'- The New Yorker 'As contemptuous, digressive, righteous, and riotously funny as the rest of the author's incessant output, this memoir is an effective coming-of-age story, regardless of what one may think of the resulting adult. In the age of the Internet and the academy, it will open up different models for how to be a thoughtful person, how to engage in political life and what sort of things one should know in order to be truly educated.'- The New York Times ' is a memoir that should be given to high school and college students of a literary bent.

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