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Christopher Hitchens: "I taunted the Reaper"

August 16, 2010

Christopher Hitchens: “I taunted the reaper” [Excerpts] Christopher Hitchens was diagnosed with cancer in June, and he opens up about the ordeal in the September 2010 issue of Vanity Fair. "I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death. But nothing prepared me for the early...Read more

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