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CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS INTERVIEWED ‘IN CONFIDENCE’
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CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS INTERVIEWED ‘IN CONFIDENCE’: RELEVANT AND CONTROVERSIAL TO THE END
08.12.2013



Christopher Hitchens was a prisoner of chemotherapy, when he gave this interview in 2011. As Hitchens explains, the worst part of his treatment for cancer of the oesophagus was the effect of “chemo brain,” where a mental fog impeded his reading and stopped him writing—which was intolerable as writing was central to his sense of self. Moreover, Hitchens adds with typical aplomb, he feared “chemo brain” made him boring.

Hitchens was rarely boring, and here, the writer, polemicist and broadcaster gives a good account of his life, career, politics and values to Laurie Taylor, for his series In Confidence. Even in the midst of his chemotherapy, Hitchens had lost none of his combativeness or desire to settle old scores.

“I hate the idea that somebody like Henry Kissinger is what, well into his 80s now, or Pope Benedict likewise, would live long enough to read my obituary when I had fully intended to be writing theirs and I make no bones about it. That’s why I don’t ask for sympathy because I’m not intending to dish it out.”

Hitchens died in December 2011, and while it is inevitable to say how much he is dearly missed, etc, I note that since his death, his writing has received a wider readership than it did during his lifetime. With this in mind, it is worth considering that rather than continuing to bewail the loss of such a great journalist and polemicist, it may be worth looking to those who are alive and writing today.


THE INTERVIEW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NozRjiFL6Z4



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