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The Family Ed Sanders, Thunder's Mouth Press 18th October, 2002 Paperback Rating:

oo-ee-oo

Throughout the book Ed Sanders keeps stopping at the end of paragraphs and whatnots with Oo-ee-Oo, which kind of gets annoying after awhile. But dont get me wrong this book is really, really well written.
The book gives you a whole background on manson and the family which is really interesting to read about. Although i think i'll have to read again as there are so many people in it that i sort of got confused on the way, but you get the gist of it.

My book was brand new when i got it and the pages starting coming out of mine as well...was not impressed. But i suppose the content of the book made up for it. And at the end of the day you can always stick the pages back in.
I suggest if your contemplating whether or not to buy it you should.
The book starts of with the 1967 summer of love hippy theme then gets deeper into the whole satanic cults and whatnot. Certainly gripped me.

Comprehensive, well researched, humane and fascinating

Ed Sanders was a leading 60s counter-culture figure himself, singing with The Fugs and involved with the Diggers and the Chicago 7. He became involved with the Manson case shortly before the trial commenced, and interviewed many members of the Family and their associates - even went on a rather scarey camping trip with Clem. He presents an extensive and fascinating portrait of the Family, picking up on various leads that the Bugliosi book neglects, such as the evidence of an international network of Satanist groups, of which the Family formed a part, and casting some doubt on the truth of the "helter skelter" motive for the Tate-La Bianca murders. The book was recently updated, with an interesting "where are they now" section.

My only quibbles - I found the slightly hippyish style a bit annoying to start off with, but warmed to it as the book progessed - you just can't help liking Sanders. Also in my edition the pages keep falling out, which is a bit annoying for an expensive large format paperback.