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Going Clear

Lawrence Wright

201314 pagesabout 15–20 minutes
2013
first published
  • 2013Knopf · 430 pages · ENGISBN 9780307700667
  • 2013Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9780385350563
  • 2013Vintage Books · 538 pages · ENGISBN 9780307745309
  • 2013Random House Audio · 14 pagesISBN 9780385393041
  • Silvertail BooksISBN 9781909269408

"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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