GOD IS NOT GREAT
The case against religion
By Christopher Hitchens. Atlantic Books. 308 pages. £17.99
ISBN 978-1-84354-586-6
Do militant atheists plot and scheme together in dark places? Or are their recent books a spontaneous response to the terrible events of 9/11?
Either way, according to John Humphrys, Christopher Hitchens’s contribution makes the Taliban look tame. Listed among the world’s ‘Top 100 Public Intellectuals’ by both Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines, Hitchens brings to his book wide interests in world affairs. He writes: