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Chargement... The Family (original 1971; édition 2002)par Ed Sanders
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. There are two versions of this book. Ed Sanders was sued after the book was published in hard cover and forced to remove all references in future editions to a religious cult known as the Process Church of the Final Judgement or "The Process" that he claims inspired Manson with it's theology of the unity of Christ and Satan. Try to get the hardcover, it's a much more chilling story than the sanitized paperback.
I have a long-standing admiration for Ed and his rock group, the Fugs, but I never read "The Family" until this year because when the book first came out, I didn't actually want to hear what it said. Why was Sanders selling out, only to be massively outsold by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's "Helter Skelter" anyway?... Ed's style is a mixture of tabloid, stoner, legalese and woolly yarn. The events are crazed and gnarly. Heinlein had some science-fiction dream of a killer telepathic sex-cult leader, but in the chaotic reality of Los Angeles, the dream came out stoned and bloody. Moany and groany. Surreal and sleazy. Sanders really meant to be a poet all along, and his style is the more lapidary at a page per year.
Recounts the Tate-LaBianca murders, offers a profile of Charles Manson and his followers, discusses the origins and influence of Manson and his family, the crimes they committed, and the mysteries surrounding the clan. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Unfortunately, the book is rife with lapses in style, repetitions, and indulgence in dubious and unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, which compromise its credibility. This is mostly due, I expect, to lazy editing. But don’t authors read galleys? I think that was a step passed over here.
For the record, Mr. Sanders may count me among his ardent fans: I loved “Tales of Beatnik Glory” and still listen to The Fugs.