A review by brokenlikefour
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens

5.0

Although I am a great admirerer of Hitch's relentless wit, superb intelligence and uncontested memory recollection, his books are somewhat difficult for me to fully comprehend. Mortality, however, strikes a different tone. A great objective read about the decline of the human body when faced with the horrendous illness of espharogus cancer. Hitchens remains his 'cool' by acknowledging his lavish lifestyle ('I have been taunting the Reaper to take a free scythe in my direction. I did actually burn my candle at both ends, and it gave a lovely light. I cannot, however, escape the flat feeling of suddenly being a finalist in the 'race' of life')

Crisp and vivid, veined throughout with penetrating intelligence, Hitchens's testament is a courageous and lucid work of literature, an affirmation of the dignity and worth of man.