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16 December 2011updated 12 Oct 2023 11:12am

Christopher Hitchens, the enemy of the totalitarian

He had no equal in contemporary Anglo-American letters; there are followers and disciples but no hei

By Jason Cowley

He had no equal in contemporary Anglo-American letters; there are followers and disciples but no heir apparent.

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