Remembering Satan: Recovered Memory and the Shattering of a Family - Couverture souple

Wright

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ISBN 10 : 1852423854 ISBN 13 : 9781852423858

Editeur : Serpent's Tail, 1994

Synopsis

Remembering Satan seems likely to be considered the most powerful and disturbing true crime narrative to appear since Truman Capote s In Cold Blood. But what was the crime? Certainly it was not satanic abuse, says Wright, although a man sits in jail for confessing to just that. A few year ago in Olympia, Washington, two sisters, 18 and 20, began to talk, separately, about gross sexual abuse each said she had experienced as a child and had only recently begun to remember. Charges were filed against the girls father, Paul Ingram, who seemed dazed and confused, but who denied them. Time This is a cautionary tale of immense value told with rare intelligence, restraint and compassion. Remembering Satan catapults Wright to the front rank of American journalists. Newsweek The story itself is almost unutterably weird and would be fascinating no matter how it was told but in the thoroughness of his reporting, and in his thoughtful treatment of the many issues the story touches, Wright has painted a perfect miniature of our time.an edge of your seat tale that builds right up to the climactic trial. The Boston Globe Wright has taken a sensationalist story, the sort of story embraced by supermarket tabloids, and turned it into a thoughtful and gripping book. New York Times

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1988 Ericka and Julie Ingram began making a series of accusations of sexual abuse against their father, Paul Ingram, who was a respected deputy sheriff in Olympia, Washington. At first the accusations were confined to molestations in their childhood, but they grew to include torture and rape as recently as the month before. At a time when reported incidents of "recovered memories" had become widespread, these accusations were not unusual. What captured national attention in this case is that, under questioning, Ingram appeared to remember participating in bizarre satanic rites involving his whole family and other members of the sheriff's department.

Remembering Satan is a lucid, measured, yet absolutely riveting inquest into a case that destroyed a family, engulfed a small town, and captivated an America obsessed by rumors of a satanic underground. As it follows the increasingly bizarre accusations and confessions, the claims and counterclaims of police, FBI investigators, and mental health professionals. Remembering Satan gives us what is at once a psychological detective story and a domestic tragedy about what happens when modern science is subsumed by our most archaic fears.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lawrence Wright graduated from Tulane University and spent two years teaching at the American University i Cairo, Egypt.  He is a staff writer for the New Yorker and a fellow at the Center of Law and Security at New York University School of Law.  The author of five works of nonfiction -- City Children, Country Summer; Inthe New World; Saints and Sinners; Remembering Satan; and Twins -- he has also written a novel, God's Favorite, and was cowriter of the movie The Siege.  He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Serpent's Tail
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1852423854
• ISBN 13: 9781852423858
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible