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Perdurabo, Revised And Expanded Edition: The Life Of Aleister Crowley (2010)

by Richard Kaczynski(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1556438990 (ISBN13: 9781556438998)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

North Atlantic Books

review 1: as much as I enjoyed reading..Perdurabo..I don't really buy into the Crowley myth, the man spent a life-time chasing smoke & shadows, just another Edwardian rich loony-tune,too much money in the sky-rocket,old bean.. an ego & a libdio the size of K2, proved the devil has work for idle hands..hahaHa..did he need the laws of Thelema to get laid,or was your man just a sex-freak, how much of what he claimed is truly, true..?? You will never know.If god's look after their own, they let poor Aleister down badly, the man died alone with a monkey on his back, in a 'down-on your luck' rooming house on England's South Coast..remind's ya of three-card monte, now ya see it, now ya don't_
review 2: Comprehensive, objective, Crowley's life in complete, beginning to end. In ... moreaddition to being well written and interesting to read, it also became clear to me through reading how much the author devoted to his research. The last 100 pages or so actually contain the footnotes and indexes - I have the feeling that blood, sweat and tears are contained in this book. You will meet nearly every person Crowley ever met, and every Scarlet Woman, too. (Oh, the women!) STILL left me wanting a bit more, though. Despite the fact that I learned the story behind every Crowley publication, every mountaineering adventure, and every legal drama - I wanted to know more mundane details. For example, in the cover photo, who made the hat he is wearing? What did he eat for breakfast in 1899? How much heroin was he injecting throughout the day? Things like that. Or is it that I just want to know simply EVERYTHING? Overall, I found the book meticulously researched, well arranged, and a nice addition for the reference shelf. Thank you, Richard Kaczynski! less

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