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Christopher Hitchens’s opinions

• Brideshead Revisited

  George Orwell, who was reviewing Brideshead on his own deathbed, thought that the passing of Lord Marchmain and other kitschy scenes demonstrated the impossibility of being simultaneously grown-up and a Roman Catholic.

  Read the full piece at The Guardian Christopher Hitchens The Guardian 2008
• Goodbye to Berlin

  In describing Bernhard Landauer in Goodbye to Berlin, furthermore, he was alert enough to notice something he called “the arrogant humility of the East.” This is hugely preferable to the abject credulity he manifests in the presence of the Swami.

  Read the full piece at New York Review of Books Christopher Hitchens New York Review of Books 1997
• Prater Violet

  [Prater Violet] is a satirical miniature about the absurdity of the early movie industry, with that same absurdity thrown into even sharper relief by the imminence of war and fascism.

  Read the full piece at New York Review of Books Christopher Hitchens New York Review of Books 1997