Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 689 pages
• Published by: W. W. Norton & Company December 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0393322238
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393322231
• Book Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

The New Republic
[A] social document of rare importance.

Chicago Sun-Times
One of the best crime stories ever written.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Helter Skelter: The True Story Of The Manson Murders (Mass Market Paperback) Helter Skelter is the #1 best selling true crime book ever because of three things: It is the story of one of the highest profile murder cases in the world's history, even 30+ years after the fact, it is still an amazing and unique story, and finally, Vincent Bugliosi is a fabulous writer. Most books written by non-writers might tell a good story but not in a dramatic way that a true author otherwise might. Bugliosi has no problem doing that with his books. I thought I had a pretty good idea of most everything that had happened during this whole ordeal that ended the era of "peace and love," but I didn't know the half of it. Bugliosi needs over 700 pages to vividly recount every second of what led up to the Manson murders and every detail of what was done to bring the killers to trial and put them away. This is without question the fastest and most intense 700 page book I've ever read (and I've read a few), and that can be credited to the sheer madness of this case and the brilliance of the deep-thinking, amazingly-talented prosecutor who closed the case and then wrote this book to tell everything about it. Comment | | (Report this)