Having spent a lifetime as a literate and literary atheist, Christopher Hitchens died of esophageal cancer on December 15, 2011. In Mortality he reflects on his life and his journey from the diagnosis in 2010 to death. His writing over the course of these eighteen months maintains the amusing and intelligent outlook on life that had brought him great success as a writer. An Afterward by his wife remembers his charisma as a public speaker, friend, and family man. The tiny bit of tension in Mortality comes from the question of will this atheist recant on his deathbed. You will have to read the book to find out, and if you do, you will love being in the mind of a wonderful human being.
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