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Title: Not Gore Vidal, alas.
Review: Other reviewers have certainly pointed out the book's and Hitchen's stong points, but I think that they're too generous. The remarkable thing about Hitchens is his rise to such great fame and authority on what is really a meagre spread. He likes to tout his receipt of the mantle from Gore Vidal, but he's neither as gifted as a writer nor as searching in his critique. It's possibly an unfair comparison, but it's one that we're invited to make, and given the contrast, the invitation seems more aggrandizing than accurate.This book, while fun, ... Well, to my eye, that's its strong point. It seems a bit of a knock-off and perhaps has it's audience among the fresh-faced and fawning.If I were looking for someone more in the line of Gore Vidal I'd suggest John Ralston Saul. Compared to Hitchens, Saul's observations and analyses are often more readable, delivered without the abrasion, and are part of a larger, coherent fabric.
