Repulsion: The Life and Times of Roman Polanski. Thomas Kiernan (Hardback)

REPULSION: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROMAN POLANSKI by Thomas Kiernan.

With all the drama and tension of the best fiction, REPULSION vividly chronicles every fascinating episode of Polanski's life, including:

* the nightmarish childhood he spent on the run from the Nazis in war-torn Cracow.

* his meteoric rise from an outspoken young actor for Polish radio to a universally acclaimed master of screen suspense and terror.

* his idyllic marriage to the beautiful actress Sharon Tate, her grisly death at the hands of Charles Manson's demonic cult, and the overwhelming grief Polanski suffered for years afterwards.

* the glamorous, hedonistic lifestyle he plunged into as a member of the Beverl Hills set.

* and finally, the front-page scandal in which he was charged with drugging and raping a thirteen-year-old girl, his battle with the judge, and his flight to France on the day before the sentencing.

Kiernan explores the many Polanski theories. That he is an evil genius obsessed with destruction of everything and everyone around him, incl;uding himself. That he is an accursed victim of satanic possession who pursues evil and attracts it to himself and those nearest and dearest. That the only way he can survive the horrors of his life is through sexual excesses and the gory violence of his films. Brilliantly written, unsparing in its research and candour, REPULSIOn is one of the most tragic, astonishing and sobering biographies of the current scene.

A hardback published by New English Library (1980)