The Manson File: Myth And Reality Of An Outlaw Shaman (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
This obsessively researched volume is well worth the somewhat high retail price. An eyeopening page-turner. Though the author admits there is no final word to be had on the Manson phenomenon, he does a DAMN fine job explaining the mysteries and obscured truths of the case. Perhaps my highest praise is that, after reading Schreck's book, I'm thinking of selling off many of my other Manson-related books. Which, in effect, gives him the final word. Although originally released in 1988, Nikolas Schreck essentially re-wrote what was the original book entitled "The Manson File." At nearly 5 times as long as the first printing of the 1988 book, the original texts are nothing but mere footnotes/appendix for the new material in this ambitious and obsessively constructed Manson masterpiece. Although I have written jokes at Schreck's expense in the past, I must admit that "The Manson File: Myth and Reality of an Outlaw Shaman" is easily the most important and comprehensive work ever written on Manson, the so called family, and everything/everyone in between. For those interested in the cryptic history of Hollywood and their alliance with the mafia, the book also exposes many Sunset Boulevard secrets that make Kenneth Anger's "Hollywood Babylon" seem like a flattering press kit. The book also covers Manson's religious views/mysticism, metapolitics, celebrity, and complex Weltanschauung.This book also includes the full written transcripts from Schreck's 1988 meeting with Manson (that was featured in Schreck's documentary "Charles Manson Superstar"), "The Bugliosi File" (copies of news articles about the Italian-American conman's crimes), subversive collages by Zeena Schreck (aka LaVey) and an extensive discography of Manson's music.Needless to say, "The Manson File: Myth and Reality of an Outlaw Shaman" is the most imperative book to own for those interested in the man Manson and his eternal kampf. Indubitably, this brilliant academic tome is Schreck's magnum opus.
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Reading it for the third time, still not bored with it
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