A stunning piece on Christopher Hitchens’ last weeks by Ian McEwan:
From The New York Times:
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Christopher Hitchens, Consummate Writer, Brilliant Friend
Where others might have beguiled themselves with thoughts of divine purpose (why me?) and dreams of an afterlife, Christopher had all of literature.
Stephen Kuusisto
Director
The Renee Crown University Honors Program
University Professor
Syracuse University
Planet of the Blind 