(Previously published as Manson: The Unholy Trail of Charlie and the Family)
John Gilmore
The persona of Charles Manson and his bizarre sway over the Family remains riveting a quarter century down the line. Manson is a gripping account of one of the most chilling and fascinating crime sagas of our time, now available in a revised and updated edition containing 36 pages of previously unpublished photographs. New vectors into the kaleidoscopic tale that spins inexorably out of the slayings emerge in this updated edition with new material on killer Bobby Beausoleil and his occult alliance with experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger.
1878923307
978-1878923301
Biography & Autobiography/Celebrity
$ 15.95/Paper
208 Pages
6 x 9
Reviews
"John Gilmore is one of the best nonfiction writers of our time, the type of writer that grabs the reader alternately by the throat and by the heart . . . He is without peer when it comes to documenting true life tales . . . John Gilmore approaches Manson in an unique manner; not as the horror stricken outsider from the straight world, but as the jaded son of a former LAPD officer and a former starlet mother . . . This is powerful writing that will stay with you for a long time as all of Gilmore's books will." — Maximum Rock 'n' Roll
"A psychogeographical survey of Manson and his family . . . Charlie considered Gilmore a suitable medium for his messianic message." — Dazed and Confused
About John Gilmore
Described by the Sydney Morning Herald as "the quintessential L.A. noir writer," John Gilmore has been acclaimed internationally for his hard-boiled true crime books, his Hollywood memoirs and his biting, literary fiction. He is considered one of today's most controversial American authors, with a following that spans the globe from Tokyo, Paris and London, to his native Hollywood where he was friends with the likes of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean. He traveled the road to fame in many guises before turning to literature: kid magician, painter, poet, actor in films, TV, and the New York stage, then screen-writer, B-movie director and a "bang 'em out alive," nine-day pulp novelist.
