j_r_ 's review for:

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

3.0

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I was of two minds about this one. Krakauer is a great writer, and he tells the various stories--the Lafferty brothers, the history of Mormonism, and the history of fundamentalist Mormon groups--extremely well. But, to my mind, he's too eager to find the roots of the lurid crimes of fundamentalist wackos in mainstream Mormonism. He's not 100% off, but it leads him to make some connections that don't really hold up. Flawed, but worth reading.