Tribute to a great man: Christopher Hitchens

December 16, 2011 14:16

We were friends for more than thirty years, which is a long time but, now that he is gone, seems not nearly long enough. I was rather nervous when I first met him, one night in London in 1977, along with his great friend Martin Amis

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