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Arguably this was the most controversial book of 1995 - a devastating critique of the life and achievements of Mother Teresa. Hitchens shows, with incontrovertible evidence, that while Mother Teresa may or may not have been saintlike, she was naive to the point of cruelty ('comforting' a dying cancer patient in terrible pain, she asserted that 'Jesus is kissing you'. 'Then I wish he'd stop,' said the patient.) The author asserts Mother Teresa accepted money unquestioningly from extremely dubious sources and positively refused to spend it on proper medical treatment or drugs, preferring to use it to forward the fight against birth control. A violently interesting and provocative essay. (Kirkus UK)

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Christopher Hitchens was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and the author of the best-selling God Is Not Great. His books published by Verso include The Trial of Henry Kissinger, No One Left to Lie To, The Missionary Position, Unacknowledged Legislation, The Parthenon Marbles, Hostage to History, and more.

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