Christopher Hitchens’s backlist is getting a cool new redesign.

If you love a) a good set and b) a pugnacious critic, then you’re in luck. Nearly ten years after the death of Christopher Hitchens, Atlantic Books is releasing new mass-market paperback editions of 12 of his books, redesigned by Nathan Burton and art directed by Richard Evans. (I don’t know about you, but these […] The post Christopher Hitchens's backlist is getting a cool new redesign. first appeared on Literary Hub. Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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