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Article: From Byron to barbarism; The uncommon craft and range of essayist Christopher Hitchens.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2004
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Byline: Martin Walker, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Very few journalists deserve to have their work collected into an anthology, but most of us in the business would agree that Christopher Hitchens is one who does. He is one of the best craftsmen of English prose (and one of the best public speakers) on either side of the Atlantic. His range is very wide indeed, from war reporting to investigative journalism on the policy-making of Henry Kissinger, from literary criticism to the most robustly brutal of polemics; Mr. Hitchens relishes them all.
It is not easy to think of any other writer who can turn from the front lines of Sarajevo to the proper ...