2016 Winner of the Gospel Coalition Book AwardsAt the time of his death, Christopher Hitchens was the most notorious atheist in the world. And yet, all was not as it seemed. 'Nobody is not a divided self, of course,' he once told an interviewer, 'but I think it's rather strong in my case.' Hitchens was a man of many contradictions: a Marxist in youth who longed for acceptance among the social elites; a peacenik who revered the military; a champion of the Left who was nonetheless pro-life,