T’s Reviews > A Hitch in Time: Writings from the London Review of Books > Status Update

Some of Hitchens’ best stuff. Although looking back you can see how the Hitch does lean into self-praise quite a bit more than I’d like. Also the constant “ah yes and I met [subject of the essay/point he’s making] back in [year]…” gets a bit grating. We get it, you’ve drank with everyone from Buckley to Bernstein but you needn’t namedrop so frequently …