Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge

When veteran BBC journalist Malcolm Muggeridge traveled to Calcutta to film a documentary about a nun running a home for the dying poor, he expected a routine assignment. What he found changed his life.

Through intimate narratives and transcripts of his conversations with Mother Teresa, the book illuminates her daily work with the Missionaries of Charity and their mission to serve the poorest of the poor. Muggeridge arrived a self-described agnostic and left convinced he had encountered something beyond ordinary human goodness. 

First published in 1971, Something Beautiful for God introduced Mother Teresa to the Western world — and remains the essential portrait of her life, mission, and faith. Short, readable, and unforgettable. 

(Harper Row, 1971)