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Natali 12014 i gave up on this book a long time ago. Of course, had hitchens omitted reference to all the interesting and important people he mixed with or reported on as a journalist, they could then criticize him for writing a terribly boring book about himself. Hitchens is a great writer but this story was not speaking to me. Captured by the japanese after the fall of bataan, lester tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary death march and three and a half years in japanese prison camps. A memoir audiobook written by christopher hitchens.
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Hitch 22, some confessions and contradictions, is an apt title for this book. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hitch22. It is a very long book, hence i am still enjoying it and may be for some time yet. A freeranging, insatiable intellect bouyed by wit, even when one doesnt agree with him. Ive listened to enders game by orson scott card, the martian by andy weir, skyward by brandon sanderson and recently i watched the nightflyers on netflix and would love to find an audio book on audible that has to do with some sort of spaceship horror. When i was in france i made arrangements with my friend mr. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The ring and the book is a verse novel of sex, lies, and murder, authored by robert browning, and it is widely considered to be one of the greatest literary works of the 19th century. Agree or disagree, love him or hate him, readers of hitch22 have all agreed on one thing.
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