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Lawrence Wright: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013, Knopf) 4 stars

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief is a 2013 non-fiction book about …

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4 stars

Wow, and here I thought Scientology was just a silly sci-fi inspired cult. The reality appears to be much more terrible and abusive filled with slave labor, brainwashing, and maximum emphasis on draining the bank accounts of members. While L. Ron Hubbard might have been a total hack (writing around 1000 books in his career) and a narcissist, Scientology seems to now be run by a psychopath. A pretty sobering read.