Going Clear, Scientology: Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief
By Lawrence WrightLawrence Wright’s journalistic writing is the perfect voice for the subject of Scientology. In the hands of most other writers, Scientology would float into the ether, a dark and unfathomable history left unread by sensible readers. That said, though Wright offers Scientology an even-handed approach, his book is full of strange stories, made stranger when compared to the seemingly (sometimes) sane and healthy lives of people who are associated with Scientology.
Wright’s aim, he tells us, is to “learn something about what might be called the process of belief.” He describes in detail the