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unionmack 's review for:
Why Orwell Matters
by Christopher Hitchens
Been meaning to get around to this one for a while. Hitchens and Orwell are two of my favorite people to come out of the 20th century so hearing the former’s insight into the latter sounded like a great time. Ultimately, I was a little underwhelmed. Much of the book is spent hashing out controversies between Hitchens and other intellectuals that seemed largely unimportant in making a case for why Orwell matters. But I appreciated Hitchens’ appraisals of Orwell as they really helped clarify why I find him so admirable myself. Hitch’s wit and eloquence is always a joy too. He was a man committed to principles over politics, a common sense man bored or appalled by any type of ideology, and it’s so rare to find that these days.