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Christopher Hitchens

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.

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Christopher Hitchens Vanity Fair Dec 2007 30min Permalink

Goodbye to All That

On the life and afterlife of Che Guevara.

Christopher Hitchens New York Review of Books Jul 1997 25min Permalink