THE VERY BEST OF MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE

by Malcolm Muggeridge, Ian A. Hunter (Editor)

This definitive treasury of the best of Malcolm Muggeridge is drawn from all books, essays, journalism, broadcasts, scripts, diaries and letters spanning his sixty year career from 1926-1986. Some material, collected by Muggeridge in the early 1980's has never previously been published. Ian Hunter has collected short, pungent pieces chosen to exhibit the essential cast of Muggeridge's his insights, wit and singular capacity to see 'with, not through' the eye. In a single volume, this is the essential wisdom of Malcolm Muggeridge, perhaps the most prophetic and individualistic thinker of his generation, standing beside G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis. Ian Hunter is Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Western Ontario. His articles and reviews have appeared in many Canadian and American publications. Dr. Hunter has also written a biography of Muggeridge (Malcolm A Life) and Muggeridge's friend, Hesketh Pearson (Nothing to The Life of Heskerth Pearson).

Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Theology, Classics

285 pages, Paperback

First published November 19, 1998

About the author

Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge was an English journalist, author, media personality, and satirist. During World War II, he was a soldier and a spy. In the aftermath of the war, as a hugely influential London journalist, he converted to Christianity and helped bring Mother Teresa to popular attention in the West. He was also a critic of the sexual revolution and of drug use.

Reviews

[Douglas Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding.

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good insight into a very brillant writer who has had a front row seat to the 20th century. Good introduction to Muggeridges writing.