No doubt the reason Christopher Hitchens claims to have slept with two Tory ministers in his forthcoming memoirs is to garner a bit of publicity. According to the hard-drinking journalist, he seduced two men at Oxford who went on to serve in Margaret Thatcher's government. He wisely refuses to name them, thereby ensuring the press indulges in a frenzy of speculation.
I'm not sure this tactic will endear him to the critics. I don't mean they will disapprove of this cheap publicity stunt. Rather, they will wonder why he never made a pass at them. Hitchens is such an inveterate party-goer that almost all the men asked to review his book -- and they will inevitably be men -- will have shared a glass with him at one point or another. Now that they know that the Hitch is a switch hitter, they will feel personally slighted. (To read more, click here.)
