NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America's isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. - Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU. "Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner's Song." --San Francisco Chronicle Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities. At the core of Krakauer's book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America's fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.
Sobre o autor(a)
Krakauer, Jon
JON KRAKAUER nasceu em 1954, em Brookline, Massachusetts. Vencedor do prêmio do Clube Alpino Americano de literatura sobre montanhismo, escreve para diversas revistas e jornais de circulação nacional nos Estados Unidos. Dele, a Companhia das Letras publicou No ar rarefeito (1997), Na natureza selvagem (1998), Sobre homens e montanhas (1999), Pela bandeira do Paraíso (2003), Onde os homens conquistam a glória (2011) e Missoula (2016). |
| ISBN | 9781400032808 |
| Autor(a) | Krakauer, Jon |
| Editora | Vintage |
| Ano de edição | 2004 |
| Páginas | 432 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |