William Shaw's acclaimed account of his incursions into the covert world of cults.Shaw spent a year infiltrating some of Britain's most secretive cults and religious groups, including the Emin, the Jesus Army, the Aetherius Society, Krishna Consciousness and Chrisemma (run by Chris and Emma in Totnes), in order to investigate the labyrinthine world of Guru Land. In the midst of our secular society, he finds a complex alternative culture where acolytes endure dark privations, perform arcane ceremonies, and submit willingly to their new masters.Attending countless meetings and 'workshops', and in several cases seeming to become a signed-up member of the group, Shaw goes against the advice of self-styled experts to find a truer picture of cult members than has so far been given by a sensationalist media.
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Tento autor se proslavil svými napínavými kriminálními romány. Jeho díla se často odehrávají v historických prostředích a ponořují se do temných stránek společnosti. Práce autora se vyznačuje pečlivě propracovanými zápletkami a atmosférickým zobrazením městských scenérií. Kromě fikce se autor věnoval i publicistice a zkoumal různá témata od subkultur po sociální problémy.
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Deadland
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A House of Knives. Kings of London, englische Ausgabe
- 480 stránek
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DS Breen exposes the corruption of power in Shaw's portrait of the dark side of the sixties.
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FREE LOVE. DEADLY PRICE. 'William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction' Peter James 'If you're not a fan yet, why not?' Val McDermid 'A first-rate police thriller set amidst the seamy underside of the swinging sixties' C. J. Sansom The Runaway A nameless young woman is found naked and strangled in an alley on Abbey Road. The Reject DS Cathal Breen, an outcast in the Marylebone CID, struggles to make sense of the case. The Rookie Until new recruit WPC Helen Tozer - the first woman to join the team - makes a breakthrough. And as hippies slam doors in their face, and locals suspect the new African neighbours, Breen and Tozer tread down a perilous path, closing in on a cruel conspiracy that goes far beyond class, colour and creed.
