From the Book - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Che Guevara : goodbye to all that
Orhan Pamuk : mind the gap
Mikhail Lermontov : a doomed young man
Salman Rushdie : Hobbes in the Himalayas
A.N. Wilson : downhill all the way
Look who's cutting and running now
Oriana Fallaci and the art of the interview
Clive James : the omnivore
Gertrude Bell : the woman who made Iraq
Edmund Wilson : literary companion
On the limits of self-improvement, part I : of vice and men
On the limits of self-improvement, part II : vice and versa
On the limits of self-improvement, part III : mission accomplished
Ayaan Hirsi Ali : the price of freedom
Arthur Schlesinger : the courtier
Paul Scott : Victoria's secret
The case against Hillary Clinton
V.S. Naipaul : cruel and unusual
Edward M. Kennedy : redemption song
Engaging with Iran is like having sex with someone who hates you
Colin Powell : Powell valediction
Shut up about Armenians or we'll hurt them again
The politicians we deserve
Rosa Luxemburg : Red Rosa
Joan Didion : "Blue nights"
The true spirit of Christmas
Charles dickens's inner child
G.K. Chesterton : the reactionary
The importance of being Orwell