National Book Award Finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A "New York Times" Notable Book
A Best Book of the Year: "The Washington Post," "The Boston Globe,"
"New York" magazine, "Slate," "Chicago Tribune," "Huffington Post,"
"Newsday," "Entertainment Weekly," "People," "The Week,"
"Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
"A GoodReads Reader's Choice
Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual
enlightenment, but its practices have long been shrouded in
mystery. Now Lawrence Wright--armed with his investigative talents,
years of archival research, and more than two hundred personal
interviews with current and former Scientologists--uncovers the
inner workings of the church. We meet founder L. Ron Hubbard, the
highly imaginative but mentally troubled science-fiction writer,
and his tough, driven successor, David Miscavige. We go inside
their specialized cosmology and language. We learn about the
church's legal attacks on the IRS, its vindictive treatment of
critics, and its phenomenal wealth. We see the church court
celebrities such as Tom Cruise while consigning its clergy to hard
labor under billion-year contracts. Through it all, Wright asks
what fundamentally comprises a religion, and if Scientology in fact
merits this Constitutionally-protected label. Brilliantly
researched, compellingly written, "Going Clear" pulls back the
curtain on one of the most secretive organizations at work today.
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