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The Best American Essays 2010
By Hitchens, Christopher
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-54739-451-0
- Publisher
- Mariner: Houghton Harcourt
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2010
This selection of the year's outstanding essays of literary achievement at first appears to be a book for those J.D. Salinger called "lifetime English major[s]." Entries such as "The Murder of Leo Tolstoy" by Elif Batuman, "Lunching on Olympus" by Steven L. Isenberg, and "A Fine Rage" by James Woods all focus on the essayist's reaction to meeting or reading the works of famous authors such as George Orwell and Philip Larkin. After diggi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
