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Charles Manson Now Paperback – November 30, 2010

by Marlin Marynick (Author)

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Charles Manson Now is a critical dissection of what happened forty-one years ago when Manson family members stormed the Polanski estate near Los Angeles and murdered five people, including one of America's most beautiful, beloved actresses, Sharon Tate.This book is also a collage of Charles Manson's own writing, a poetic, ironic, and disturbing account of his universe, from his childhood to his time in the 8x12 prison cell where he is condemned to stay forever. It is Charles Manson, uncensored, unedited, in his own words.When author Marlin Marynick was eight years old, he discovered a beat up copy of Helter Skelter - the bestselling true crime book of all time written by Vincent Bugliosi, the lead prosecutor at Charles Manson's trial. Bugliosi's portrait of Charles Manson as an icon of unbridled evil haunted Marynick for years, well into his career as a psychiatric nurse and ultimately culminated when he met Manson behind the tightly locked doors of California's Corcoran State Prison. In Charles Manson Now, Marynick challenges the official version of events.

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416 pages
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Cogito Media Group (Transit)
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November 30, 2010
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5.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches
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2923865065
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978-2923865065
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“Marlin’s soulful search for meaning takes many twists and turns and the reader gets to go along for the fascinating ride.”— Diane Dimond, Journalist, Special Correspondent for Entertainment Tonight

“The psychology student in me says ‘riveting’, the victim in me feels ‘compassion’. Marynick, a victim himself of a horrific tragedy, takes grieving to a whole new level; he went on a journey into the sickest mind we know of and found solace.” — Kim Goldman, Victim Advocate/Co-Author of If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer by The Goldman Family - a New York Times Bestseller

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“Marlin’s soulful search for meaning takes many twists and turns and the reader gets to go along for the fascinating ride.”—Diane Dimond, Journalist, Special Correspondent for Entertainment Tonight

“The psychology student in me says ‘riveting’, the victim in me feels ‘compassion’. Marynick, a victim himself of a horrific tragedy, takes grieving to a whole new level; he went on a journey into the sickest mind we know of and found solace.”—Kim Goldman, Victim Advocate/Co-Author of If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer by The Goldman Family - a New York Times Bestseller

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cogito Media Group (Transit); 1st edition (November 30, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2923865065
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-2923865065
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches

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Telly

Interesting look at the man

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2011

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It's no secret that I have an interest in Charles Manson. I have always felt there was so much more to him than what the media makes him out to be. CHARLES MANSON NOW gives us a different look at the man who is the poster child for murderers.

What I enjoyed about this book was the way it was written. It told about the author, Marlin Marynick, his background and how he came to know Manson and do this book. It was not an overnight thing, he worked for years for this. He gives us details that maybe you didn't know, introduces us to people that are close to Manson. Mr. Marynick takes us on the road with him in his travels to the people and places that all lead to Charlie. At times I thought there was too much info about the author and not enough about Charlie but that did not take away from the reading.

Charlie's twisted writings are included in each chapter and reading them is not always easy. Not because they are graphic or scary but because they are a lot of times jumbles words that make no sense until you let them sink in then it's like "WOW, that really makes sense." Here is a small sampling:

"When you raise a child in a prison, it's not a prison to that child, it's just the child's home. You can't break what's already been broken, you break the child, you beat the child into submission. The child submits to everything you are doing, he becomes more of what you are doing,than what you are doing." ~location 133 on Kindle

The pictures were what I liked the most. I never realized that Manson was an artist and the picture of the spider he created with threads from his underwear is nothing short of amazing.

I would recommend CHARLES MANSON NOW for anyone who has an interest in him or anyone who wants a little something different to read. Manson is certainly different!

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Jessica Comardelle

Please!!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2023

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So fa Ive only read Chapter 1. I got this because Im intersted in the whole Charles Manson.

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John Koch

Interesting But Not Immensely Informative

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2013

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Charles MAnson Now is a book written by Marlin Marynick about the authors early childhood and his interaction with criminals as a psychiatric nurse. Mr Marynick then describes how he was able to contact Charles Manson and establish a friendship through telephone conversations. The author then describes the interviews and encounters with friends of Charles Manson and so called experts regarding the history of the Family and opinions related to the murders. The book culminates with the face to face meeting of Cahrles Manson in prison. It is interesting to note that before most chapters of the book there are discussions of various topics transcribed by the author through telephone conversations with Manson. From these transcripts it is quite evident that Manson suffers from a profound psychiatric dissorder. The information gleaned from interviews with so called experts regarding the murders durring the summer of 1969 take on some of the nature of conspiracy thories not unlike some of the murders during the last several decades. The book does contain several color plates of Charles Manson "art work". The interview with Manson reveal a subject that he feels is very important for the survival of mankind. He professes the virtues of ATWA, which is an ancronym for his environmental movement. This book centers around Mr. Marynick travels, interviews with friends and aquaintances of Manson and his eventual face to face interview with Charles Manson. This book does not cover the murders of 1969 to any great extent and is not based upon detailed factual information of the murders. However, if you are interested in Charles Manson from a different perspective and need to know a little more about prison life and the friends he maintains then this book is interesting from that perspective.

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C. R. Went

Superb

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2012

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This is a great book. It's compelling and really well written. it doesn't focus on the events of August 69 but discusses, as the title suggests, Manson now. It looks at the attraction he still holds for his followers ( fascinating to read the opinion of a young girl in her late teens who is a devotee and she espouses the same, almost word for word stuff about Manson that his female followers like Gypsy etc said in the 60s- he's a patriarch, a real man, no mama's boy...). Manson is actually really switched on about the destruction of the environment, and this details his movement ATWA, as well as describing his life in prison. The author met with him and relates their conversations and analyses them not in the context of Bugliosi- style "he's the most dangerous man alive" hype but instead what has made Manson who he is and what he has to offer devotees today. The author also makes pertinent observations about people who have been obsessed with Manson Family members and memorabilia and makes the accurate point that one researcher stopped because ultimately there is nothing more new to know, which is the dead end and the conclusion that all readers of the encyclopaedia of Manson Family stuff finally come to. Read this book.

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L. V. Sage, Author

Detailed, extremely fascinating book

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2011

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This book is so much more than just a book about what Charlie is up to these days. It is Marynick's personal odyssey with a subject (Manson) that has intrigued him since childhood, and in that, he & I are very much alike. Concerning Marynick's feelings & thoughts, this book is honest and open. How he goes about learning about Manson, then befriending him & finally meeting him face to face is amazing. He meets & hooks up with many characters along the way & then meets many, many more as the circle of those still involved with Manson or his story spreads out to include a possible son of Manson's, Stanton LeVey, John Aes-Nihil as well as several others. Marynick searches for the truth about Manson & also the truth about himself. Filled with Manson's own words & many great color photographs, this is truly one of the best books ever to come out on Charles Manson & I've read nearly every one out there.

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notanexpertbut...

A different take on a well written about subject

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2011

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Having read most of the books on the so called Manson Family and Charles Manson himself, i purchased this book as soon as i could. The book tends not to go over the cimes in to much detail. The book in parts is about the auther who works with patients who suffer from forms of(for want of a better word) mental illness, the auther recounts some stories from these patients. The book also goes into detail of the authers younger life when he lost his mother and how this affected him. The interveiws with Stanton LaVey, John Aes- Nihil, Graywolf, and a person named Matthew Roberts are interesting. Mr Roberts feels he is the biological son of Charles Manson, and looking at the photo of him in the book you can see a striking resemblance to Manson. I enjoyed the book, and its different approach to Charles Manson.

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WAKEY WAKEY !!!

A very interesting read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2016

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If you are able to recognise that just about everything we think is put there by various influences in our culture I think you would enjoy this book. I think his imprisonment was the result of manipulative lawyers, the judge denying him his legal rights, a corrupt press, a corrupt president, a totally conditioned jury, a bunch of really idiotic young women's inability to understand what Manson was actually saying when he spoked.

To understand Manson and the often 'strange' things he says, I think you have to deeply understand HIS influences in his background.

W. Lambert

v good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2013

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very good delivery time, very good product. easy to use. i dont understand why you have to write an exact amount of words. so i am just going to write crap instead.

Dave M

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2014

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great

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