- Scientology, Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986, Doctrines, Scientologists
"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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Lawrence Wright
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Silvertail Books, Alfred A. Knopf, Brand: Random House Audio
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780307745309
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