Mortality

The world's greatest contrarian confronts his own death in this brave and unforgettable book.

During the American book tour for his memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens collapsed in his hotel room with excruciating pain in his chest. As he would later write in the first of a series of deeply moving Vanity Fair pieces, he was being deported "from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of malady." Over the next year, he experienced the full force of modern cancer treatment.

What to Expect from Mortality:

• An unsparingly honest account of the ravages of his disease.
• An examination of cancer etiquette, offering insight into the social dynamics of illness.
• A poignant coda to a lifetime of fierce debate and peerless prose.

In this moving personal account of illness, Hitchens confronts his own death with a blend of combativeness and dignity, remaining eloquent and witty to the very last.