Tom O'Neill (4)
Autor(a) de Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
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Obras de Tom O'Neill
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 20th Century
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Membros
- 612
- Popularidade
- #41,086
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 14
- ISBNs
- 39
- Idiomas
- 2
The trouble is the book is disjointed and disorganised because it is also to a large extent a narrative of the history of the author's investigation and the various setbacks and difficulties experienced. He is never able to come to a definite conclusion from interviewing those who agreed to talk to him - some of whom turned hostile subsequently. Multiple theories are presented regarding the causes and motives behind the murders, with various people being shown as connected to the Tate house and its previous owner, several of whom also had connections to Manson. There is a disquieting suggestion that Sharon Tate could have been abused by her husband. Intriguing possibilities are raised regarding the creation of Manson's cult during his stay in San Francisco and the involvement of various people in the medical profession who had CIA links and were researching the effects of LSD as part of a programme on brainwashing and alteration of memories. But none of this is definitively bottomed out.
Ultimately it was a bit of a frustrating read and for that reason I have awarded it 3 stars.… (mais)