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ARGUABLY collects the finest work by Christopher Hitchens, an English born and educated man who would emigrate to become "America's foremost rhetorical Pugilist" ( The Village Voice ), in one volume for the first time. Spanning four remarkable decades, this collection includes the author's... read more
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- United States
- Germany
- London
- America
- Iraq
- England
- France
- Iran
- Britain
- India
- Washington
- Afghanistan
- Europe
- Pakistan
- Atlantic
- Islam
- Africa
- Russia
- New York
- Spain
- Turkey
- Vietnam
- Israel
- Paris
- Tehran
- Cyprus
- Middle East
- Vanity Fair
- Havana
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- Greece
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- Algeria
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- Kosovo
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- Munich
- Soviet Union
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- Kabul
- Austria
- Ireland
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This book is in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
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- Christopher Hitchens (Author)
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Page Count: 816
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