Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

Written by:
Jeff Guinn
Narrated by:
Jim Frangione

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
4
Narrator
5
Release Date
June 4, 2019
Duration
17 hours 24 minutes
Summary
The New York Times bestselling, authoritative account of the life of Charles Manson, filled with surprising new information and previously unpublished photographs: “A riveting, almost Dickensian narrative…four stars” (People).

More than forty years ago Charles Manson and his mostly female commune killed nine people, among them the pregnant actress Sharon Tate. It was the culmination of a criminal career that author Jeff Guinn traces back to Manson’s childhood. Guinn interviewed Manson’s sister and cousin, neither of whom had ever previously cooperated with an author. Childhood friends, cellmates, and even some members of the Manson family have provided new information about Manson’s life. Guinn has made discoveries about the night of the Tate murders, answering unresolved questions, such as why one person near the scene of the crime was spared.

Manson puts the killer in the context of the turbulent late sixties, an era of race riots and street protests when authority in all its forms was under siege. Guinn shows us how Manson created and refined his message to fit the times, persuading confused young women (and a few men) that he had the solutions to their problems. At the same time he used them to pursue his long-standing musical ambitions. His frustrated ambitions, combined with his bizarre race-war obsession, would have lethal consequences.

Guinn’s book is a “tour de force of a biography…Manson stands as a definitive work: important for students of criminology, human behavior, popular culture, music, psychopathology, and sociopathology…and compulsively readable” (Ann Rule, The New York Times Book Review).
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Lisa N.

Really in depth portrait of a monster. Delves deeply into the mind control and psychological hold he had on his cult members. Fascinating read.

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Katarzyna R.

Incredible book.What a story.I would recommend this book to everyone,who likes to explore the mind of one of the most dangerous human being ever.Five stars for the author.

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