The Escape Artist

By Jennifer Makowsky

The desire to escape that lives in each of us, and the consequences of acting on that desire, is what makes us care for Chris McCandless (Into the Wild), and what makes his short life such a compelling story. [24 March 2008]

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Under the Banner of Heaven: The Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

By Phoebe Kate Foster

The portrait of religion gone awry is a grim and harrowing one, where misogyny, racism, rape, incest, abuse and even murder can be justified, if ordered and sanctified by a personal God. [6 August 2003]