![]() ![]() And no, it is NOT recommended for the faint of heart, unsurprisingly. I'm glad I bought it as opposed to borrowing it from a library (do they even carry it?) because I've all ready revisited certain portions. This is an honest admission, more true for this book than anything else I've read in a very long time. Irreverence, silliness, intelligence, and honest humility (gasp!) are all throughout the book. In the same interview he mentions that his mother's least favorite part was when he let on that she allows her pet rats inside her brassiere. ![]() Manson credits Neill Strauss with his guidance in objectivity. It's sharply written, a double edged sword that spares its author least of all. We probably learn more from this material than we could in spending time with the guy. I daresay th is is how he lives his life. Also, and keeping true to his artistic nature, it is liberally sprinkled with what he WANTS people to know and think. In his own voice I heard that there is a considerable amount of fact in the tales. Subsequently heard interviews have told me what I should have guessed - truth is subjective in this autobiography. Reading this book opened my eyes to the brilliant mind of one Brian Warner (aka Mr. ![]() I have since been reborn as an outspoken proponent of personal freedom and expression. Having spent the nineties as a yuppie, I would not have been ready for Marilyn Manson. Purchasing a variety of musician's autobiographies and the like on a website caused this to come up as a recommendation. ![]()
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