Christopher Hitchens is the author of Hitch-22, and the No. 1 New York Times bestseller god Is Not Great, as well as numerous books on subjects ranging from George Orwell to Mother Teresa to Henry Kissinger to Bill Clinton to Thomas Jefferson. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and lives in Washington, D.C. Windsor Mann has been an editor at the Washington Times, at Fox News Channel, and has worked as a researcher for Christopher Hitchens (God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything), Stephen F. Hayes (Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President) and Jonah Goldberg (Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning). His articles have appeared in the Weekly Standard, National Review Online, the American Spectator, the Washington Examiner, and the Washington Times.
<p> Vanity Fair, May 2011<br> Quotable Hitchens presents a cavalcade of Vanity Fair's notorious provocateur-in-chief Christopher Hitchens's finest flaming arrows, mud balls, and political grenades. Times Literary Supplement, UK, 3/18/11<br> Without troubling to do the research, you could safely say that Hitchens, formerly the TLS's American correspondent, has a view on everything. Now you can do the research. Kirkus Reviews, 5/10/11 The most memorable of Hitchens' work in an alphabetized guide to all things Hitch. New York Journal of Books, 5/10/11 The book is great fun, whether sampled by dipping in or swallowed whole and digested slowly, as a snake might do... The Quotable Hitchens is and will remain an excellent means by which those of us who have long valued his work can celebrate it at a moment's notice and those new to his work now have a new source of material for their Facebook Page or for emblazoning on T-shirts. Hudson Valley News, 5/14/11 A nice book for the bedside table--my copy is already getting dog- eared...The most scathing, inflammatory, hilarious and (fill in the blank) commentaries on life in all its manifestations. Forbes Magazine, 6/2/11 [O]ne of those books that you plan to devote five minutes to but end up burning two hours. It's a perfect summer read--you can pick it up and put it down as you quaff martinis and roll around the beach like Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. The Economist, 6/1/11 [T]his book is a gleeful array of biting quips, twisty barbs and some disarmingly well-turned phrases....the book is amusing, and a poignant reminder of the man's rare talents. Buffalo News, 5/29/11 [S]plendiferous compendium of Hitchens. Washington Times, 5/24/11 At first glance, the book reminds one of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, but this volume is something more personal, more outre and more funny. Smartly organized by subject, it is a book to be enjoyed both as a long visi