Charles Manson: Coming Down Fast: A Chilling Biography - Brossura

Wells, Simon

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ISBN 10: 0340977019 ISBN 13: 9780340977019

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

In the summer of 1969, a set of grisly murders shocked the population of Los Angeles and the rest of the US. Seven people lay senselessly butchered, among them actress Sharon Tait, the beautiful young wife of Roman Polanski, just a month away from the birth of their first child. Thin strands of evidence pointed to a hippyish cult set up in an abandoned ranch on the outskirts of Los Angeles, and its delusional, Messianic leader, Charles Manson. Little was known about this would-be rock star and his peculiar 'family' of young acolytes. It was only later, after the sensational court case that ended with six of the cult members being sentenced to death, that the full, horrifying story would emerge: one in which drugs, sex, murder, mind-control, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Mafia, and even the President of America all played their part. Collecting testimony from previous members of the Manson family alongside new evidence linking a cult member to a murder in London, and including never-before-published crime scene photographs, COMING DOWN FAST charts Manson's terrifying rise from petty-criminal drifter to one of the most recognisable icons in criminal history, and explores the long reach of his crimes that to this day, so vex and shock the public imagination.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Simon Wells has written on film and music for numerous magazine and newspapers including the Guardian and The Times and is a regular contributor to Record Collector, Hotdog and Total Film.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0340977019
• ISBN 13: 9780340977019
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448