Christopher Hitchens
British-American journalist and polemicist whose contrarian intelligence and baroque prose made him one of the most widely read essayists of his generation. God Is Not Great is his most controversial work; Hitch-22 is his memoir. He supported the Iraq War, alienating many admirers on the left.
Works
- God Is Not GreatPolemic against organized religion: historical critique and moral arguments
- Hitch-22Memoir: public intellectual's life, controversies, and political evolution
- Letters to a Young ContrarianEssays: advice to young people skeptical of authority and convention
- The Missionary PositionCritique of Mother Teresa's humanitarian work and canonization
- ArguablyCollection of essays advancing contrarian positions on religion, politics and culture