Cliffsnotes 2.0

As I was saying . . .

And I am so glad I sprang for the best of the lot on Alibris a couple of years ago. That wonderful old saying, "Drinks at 5, dinner at 6 and to be immortal you have to be dead," really rings true for Dad O'Martin, whose spawn became the second-best chronicler of the hangover. Dominique is right, though: Hitchens almost redeems the new book -- and himself -- with his "booze as muse" intro, no cutting and pasting required.