The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders | Verso Book Club Reading Group
Join the Verso Book Club Reading Group for a discussion on the Manson murders as a prism of American culture.
The Manson murders are a cornerstone in the true crime genre. In Love and Terror, Claudia Verhoeven draws on newly released archival material of case transcripts and years of investigative research to recast the Manson case as a prism of American culture, an event framed by global avant-gardist movements and revolutionary violence, and an early sign of our age of spectacle.
"An antidote to the 21st-century epidemic of true crime, in which books and podcasts offer tidy (if lurid) answers to murky, even insoluble, questions. Verhoeven prefers the questions, and that’s no bad thing ... modern history at its most arresting." — Travis Elborough, Telegraph
On June 28th, the Verso Book Club Reading Group will be joined by Claudia Verhoeven and Carlos Kase, author of Post-Manson Cinema: Horror, Transgression, and Susan Sontag's America in the 1970s.
The Reading Group is open to all Verso Book Club members. You can join the Verso Book Club for as little as $10 / £8 per month, with no commitment.
About the VBC Reading Group
As the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, we believe that a revolutionary pedagogy is vital to building a liberatory future. This new addition to the Verso Book Club moves beyond the initial reading of a book, asking readers to dig into the critical, though often messy, next stage of discussing, arguing, reflecting, and expanding upon the text.
Each month, we will meet over Zoom to hear from the authors themselves, or from a scholar, writer, or thinker who has had a key influence on the topic at hand. Guest speakers are not asked to lecture per se, but to be in conversation with their own reading of the text, highlighting key moments, explicating subtleties, and suggesting questions for further dialogue in advance of small group discussion. We also encourage members to self-organize either in person or virtual satellite meetups.
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