Under The Banner of Heaven
- Author Jon Krakauer
- Narrator Scott Brick
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Run Time 12 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Christian and quasi-Christian cults and sects, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches, Religious fundamentalism, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, True crime.
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What to expect
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A provocative look at the twisted roots of American fundamentalism.' Will Self, Evening Standard Books of the Year
‘Excellent . . . a lucid, judicious, even sympathetic account not just of Mormon Fundamentalism but of the seductive power of fanaticism in general.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Remarkable . . . for anyone interested in the wilder frontiers of spiritual conviction, this book is a must.’ Independent
Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. In Under The Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer's investigation is a meticulously researched, bone-chilling narrative of polygamy, savage violence and unyielding faith: an incisive look inside isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities in America, this gripping work of non-fiction illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behaviour.
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