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

Author: Wright, Lawrence, 1947-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

ISBN: 9780307700667 (hbk.)
0307700666 (hbk.)

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

Subject: Hubbard, L. Ron, 1934-
Scientology.
Scientology Doctrines.

Contents: pt. 1. Scientology. The convert ; Source ; Going overboard -- Hollywood. pt. 2. 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.

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 ... 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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