For Christopher Hitchens, one of the most influential intellectuals of our time, a dispute with religion is the source and basis of all disputes, the beginning of the whole debate about virtue and justice. His fundamental objections to faith and intransigence with all major monotheisms boil down to the inexorable conviction: “Religion poisons everything it touches.” The secular humanist Hitchens not only believes that moral life is possible without religion, but accuses religion of the most dangerous crimes against humanity. The Russian reader, in all his ideological and generational diversity, has the opportunity to agree or argue with the arguments of the author, in any case paying tribute to the brilliance of his argumentation, literary talent, sincerity and erudition.