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Pretty lame musings that capture but little of nation columnist hitchenss not inconsiderable witand even less of his iconoclasm having taught for some years at the new school in new york, hitchens came upon the idea of composing a kind of ideological testament addressed to the young that would lay out his vision of the good life and offer some advice on how to achieve it. Letters to a young contrarian christopher hitchens haftad. Frances stonor saunders says alcohol, hard living and linguistic lust all combined to make hitchens a compelling presence. Letters to a young contrarian, art of mentoring paperback.
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