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Tag Archives: Helter Skelter
Bugliosi’s and Tarantino’s rattling ice cubes
“It was so quiet, one of the killers would later say, you could almost hear the sound of ice rattling in cocktail shakers in the homes way down the canyon.” — the first line of Vincent Bugliosi’s book Helter Skelter … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Directors, Movies
Tagged Helter Skelter, Quentin Tarantino, true crime, Vincent Bugliosi
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Book Meme: Pick One
Hard to pick one answer for each. Got this from Ted. One book youâre currently reading: I am only reading one. I cannot read fiction right now. I can barely read, if you want to know the truth, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte Bronte, Crime and Punishment, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Geek Love, Harriet the Spy, Helter Skelter, Jane Eyre, Katherine Dunn, Leo Tolstoy, Louise Fitzhugh, Mating, Norman Rush, Nureyev, Scoop, Villette, Vincent Bugliosi, War and Peace, William Shakespeare
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Leslie Van Houten: Denied Parole. Throw Away the Key
I wondered why this old post of mine was suddenly receiving 90% of all of my traffic today. I knew something must be going on in that world – another parole board hearing perhaps – and yes, that’s why: Leslie … Continue reading
Re-Reading
So next Tuesday night, if I don’t have rehearsal, I will be at the New York Public Library for the following evening event which sounds faaaaabulous: REREADINGS: Like romantic love, early book-love is ecstatic. As a young reader curls up … Continue reading
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Tagged A Wrinkle in Time, Anne Fadiman, Catch-22, Crime and Punishment, Dubliners, Emily of New Moon, Helter Skelter, Jane Eyre, Lives of the Saints, Mating
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The Books: “Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders” (Vincent Bugliosi)
Next book in my Daily Book Excerpt: The following book is in my true crime section : Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders, by Vincent Bugliosi. Here’s the opening of this classic true-crime book. I’ve read it … Continue reading
Leslie Van Houten Denied Parole.
Leslie Van Houten, Manson murderess, was just denied parole again for the 15th time. Good. Throw away the key. She should never be let out. None of them should. When Diane Sawyer interviewed Manson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houton … Continue reading
5 Books
You are on a desert island. You can only have 5 books. What books would they be? Mine would be – and these are not necessarily my favorite books – but more like the books I never get tired of: … Continue reading
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Tagged Helter Skelter, Hopeful Monsters, House of Leaves, Jane Eyre, William Shakespeare
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