Christopher Hitchens is currently undergoing experimental treatments and bravely soldiering on, writing and speaking when he can. n the most recent issue of Vanity Fair magazine, he reports his distress about losing that notable, rotund voice of his. Once so prominent in debate, it sounded as if it had been preserved in oak, or in that fine scotch he used to drink, cut with the vapours of cigarette smoke.
The cancer, originally in his esophagus, is now attacking his vocal cords and the man who could out-talk almost anyone β and yell for cabs blocks away β now must marshal his strength to speak, ever so softly, to his friends.
I, myself, am currently making my way through 'God is not great', 'No one left to lie to' and 'The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa'....all of which are beautiful written.