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December 7, 2011

On the Limits of Self-Improvement

There’s an entire micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment. The author—58, full-figured, and ferocious in his consumption of cigarettes and scotch—agreed to test its limits.

  1. Part 1

  2. Part 2

  3. Part 3

Christopher Hitchens Vanity Fair Dec 2007 30min Permalink