Title: Going Clear
Subtitle: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Description: "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.
Subjects: Scientology, Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986, Doctrines, Scientologists, Cults, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Doktrin, Church of Scientology International, Organisation, NEW LIST 20130331, Christianity, RELIGION, Sociology of Religion, History, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2013-02-03, New York Times bestseller, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2013-02-03, New York Times reviewed
Places: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
People: L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986)