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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Krakauer`s investigation is a meticulously researched, bone-chilling narrative of polygamy, savage violence and unyielding faith: an incisive, gripping work of non-fiction that illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behaviour. `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 `Krakauer writes exceptionally well: as thrilling as Capote on true crime, as devastating as Nietzsche on religious fundamentalism` Scotland on Sunday `Remarkable …for anyone interested in the wilder frontiers of spiritual conviction, this book is a must` Independent `Krakauer is an adept chronicler of extremists, and he`s as intent on understanding religious fanatics as he was in his earlier books on exploring the obsessions of monomaniacal adventurers` Los Angeles Times

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