Under the Banner of Heaven

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Nonfiction A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Powerfully illuminating- Almost every section of the book is fascinating in its own right, and together the chapters make a rich picture An arresting portrait of depravity." -The New York Times Book Review Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where somé 40,000 Mormon Fundamentaiists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Laké City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer onlytoGod. At the core of Krakauer's book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to Ki11 a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder,... Tovább

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Nonfiction A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Powerfully illuminating- Almost every section of the book is fascinating in its own right, and together the chapters make a rich picture An arresting portrait of depravity." -The New York Times Book Review Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where somé 40,000 Mormon Fundamentaiists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Laké City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer onlytoGod. At the core of Krakauer's book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to Ki11 a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multilayered, 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. "This year's most audacious work of nonfiction A white-knuckle mix of true-crime reporting and provocative history." -New York Post "Scrupulously reported and written with Krakauer's usual exacting flair, Under the Banner ofHeaven is both illuminating and thrilling. It is alsó the creepiest book anyone has written in a the highe

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