Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Hardcover, US first edition, Knopf, 2013
Author(s)	Lawrence Wright
Cover artist	Peter Mendelsund
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf (US)
Publication date	January 17, 2013
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	448
ISBN	978-0-3077-0066-7

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. — Barnes & Noble.

Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Vintage
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307745309
• ISBN-13: 978-0307745309

See also

• Going Clear article from Wikipedia
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

External links

• Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Paperback), Amazon.
• Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Barnes & Noble.