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Author:

Wright, Lawrence, 1947-

Title:

Going clear : Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief / Lawrence Wright.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiii, 430 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Scientology.
Scientology--Doctrines.
Hubbard, L. Ron--(La Fayette Ron),--1911-1986.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-418) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Part I: Scientology. The convert ; Source ; Going overboard -- Part II: Hollywood. The faith factory ; Dropping the body ; In service to the stars ; The future is ours ; Bohemian rhapsody ; TC and COB -- Part III: The prison of belief. The investigation ; Tommy -- Epilogue.

Summary:

"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"--From publisher description.

ISBN:

9780307700667 (hc.)
0307700666

OCLC:

(OCoLC)818318033

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