{"product_id":"a-hitch-in-time-christopher-hitchens-9781538757659","title":"A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for Reconsideration","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An extended spa treatment that stretches tired brains and unkinks the usual habitual responses where Hitchens is concerned.\" --James Wolcott in his introduction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding new collection, A HITCH IN TIME is a must have for Hitchens completists and the perfect starting point for understanding one of the most brilliant essayists of all time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anthologized here for the first time, A HITCH IN TIME is a choice selection of Christopher Hitchens's finest reviews, diary entries and essays - along with a smattering of ferocious letters. Familiar b黎es noires--\u003cb\u003eKennedy, Nixon, Kissinger, Clinton\u003c\/b\u003e--rub shoulders with lesser-known preoccupations: \u003cb\u003eP.G. Wodehouse, Princess Margaret \u003c\/b\u003eand, magisterially, \u003cb\u003eIsaiah Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e. A HITCH IN TIME is a banquet of entertaining stories ranging from his thoughts on \u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e to being spanked by \u003cb\u003eMargaret Thatcher\u003c\/b\u003e in The House of Lords and the night he took his son to the Oscars. The broad scope and high caliber of Hitchens' essays allows his work to transcend the occasion for which it was written and continues to be essential reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Along with an introduction by James Wolcott, A HITCH IN TIME recaptures the brilliance of Hitchens - barnstorming, cauterizing, and ultimately uncontainable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Hitchens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538757656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538757659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twelve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 19","brand":"Christopher Hitchens","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44190663246079,"sku":"9781538757659","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb373593-ba14-47ed-a64d-eca86f4e60c7.jpg?v=1690871716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-hitch-in-time-christopher-hitchens-9781538757659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}