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Christopher hitchens 19492011 was an englishborn american author, journalist and literary critic. Those essays and other notes from the authors final days are compiled in the posthumous book mortality, with an afterword by his wife, carol blue. Mortality 2012 presents a collection of essays written by christopher hitchens after he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Sep 04, 2012 mortality ebook written by christopher hitchens. Based on his columns in vanity fair that chronicled his yearandahalf battle with esophageal cancer, mortality is christopher hitchens at his most honest and reflective. The life, career, and writing of christopher hitchens. Mortality mortality audiobook, by christopher hitchens.
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