@HeerJeet He had an amazing ability to be loved by people who despised everything he stood for.
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@StephenMarche He was lovable. I pulled punches in a review of his Orwell book because I liked him so much.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@StephenMarche After speech he invited me to drinks with him and Noah Richler (which I didn't go to) where they ran up legendary bar bill.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@StephenMarche Just from that one encounter, he seemed like the living embodiment of a certain kind of raffish, dissolute, literary charm2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@StephenMarche Well, I think his best essay are literature. Maybe enough of them for book of around 250 pages.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@StephenMarche Politics aside, I think his prose became very sloppy & garrulous in last 10 or 15 years. His glibness worked against him.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@StephenMarche None of the books are good. He didn't have stamina for a full book, even a short one. Was an essayist.
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@HeerJeet@StephenMarche I dunno. His Letters to a Young Contrarian is exceptional. And I loved Hitch-22 and Mortality.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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