{"product_id":"arguably-essays-paperback","title":"Arguably: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Hitchens is an opportunity to be delighted or maddened--possibly both--but in any case, not to be missed...\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A stylish new paperback edition of ARGUABLY, a greatest hits collection of Hitchens' essays that is fierce, brilliant, and trenchant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ARGUABLY is full of essays in which Hitchens supplies his fresh perceptions of such figures as varied as \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens, Karl Marx, Rebecca West, George Orwell, J.G. Ballard, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePhilip Larkin\u003c\/b\u003e. They are matched in brilliance by his pungent discussions and intrepid observations, gathered from a lifetime of traveling and reporting from such destinations as Iran, China, and Pakistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hitchens's directness, elegance, lightly carried erudition, critical and psychological insight, humor, and sympathy-applied as they are here to a dazzling variety of subjects-all set a standard for the essayist that has rarely been matched in our time. What emerges from this indispensable volume is an intellectual self-portrait of a writer with an exemplary steadiness of purpose and a love affair with the delights and seductions of the English language, a man anchored in a profound and humane vision of the human longing for reason and justice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e (1949-2011) was a prolific author, columnist, editor, and book critic, writing on issues ranging from politics, to religion, to the nature of debate itself. He was a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other publications, as well as the recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction and the National Magazine Award. Hitchen's 2007 manifesto \u003ci\u003eGod Is Not Great \u003c\/i\u003ewas a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and National Book Award nominee. His other \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers include \u003ci\u003eHitch 22\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Arguably\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMortality\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 816\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701729628223,"sku":"9781455502783","price":27.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1fc4d22be5d3721931b65f1c4b7e9b51.webp?v=1765021736","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/arguably-essays-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}