Anything written by Christopher Hitchens is worth reading since he is witty, highly intelligent, erudite and idiosyncratic, as well as blessed by a splendid command of plain and vigorous English; and this short essay on how to be a 'contrarian' in the form of letters to a student aspiring to this role - something between a dissident and a trouble maker - is no exception. But it would be no compliment to the persuasiveness of his essay in praise of contrariness if I were not to strike a dissentient note, which I do, all the more willingly, because the book is based, from beginning to end, on a false premise.
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