Title:
Going clear : Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief / Lawrence Wright.
Author:
Wright, Lawrence, 1947- author.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2013]
©2013
Call Number:
BP605 .S2 W75 2013
Abstract:
"Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; its vindictive treatment of critics; its phenomenal wealth; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard."--Publisher description.
Electronic Access:
Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2012532009-s.htmlTable of contents http://digitale-objekte.hbz-nrw.de/storage2/2014/09/22/file_2/5787453.pdf
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2012532009-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2012532009-d.html
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780307700667
9780307745309
Physical Description:
xiii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
General Note:
"Borzoi book." -- Title page verso.
Contents:
pt. 1. Scientology -- The convert -- Source -- Going overboard -- pt. 2. Hollywood -- The faith factory -- Dropping the body -- In service to the stars -- The future is ours -- Bohemian rhapsody -- TC and COB -- pt. 3. The prison of belief -- The investigation -- Tommy.
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