"It May Be the Truest Religion of the Land"

"Wright's book comes at a time of heightened focus on Scientology. As he acknowledges, Janet Reitman's book 'Inside Scientology,' published in 2011, helped lay the groundwork for his expose. Yet for all the critical attention, Hubbard earns grudging respect. His religion, combining money, celebrity and enlightenment as it does, is unmistakably a product of Southern California."

Evan Wright in the Los Angeles Times reviews Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief.