Summary of Marilyn Manson & Neil Strauss's The Long Hard Road Out of Hell

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#1 My grandfather’s cellar was off-limits to everyone except him. It was his world, and he kept his dirty secrets there. I was a scrawny 13-year-old with freckles and a bowl cut, while my cousin Chad was a scrawny 12-year-old with freckles and buck teeth. We wanted to become detectives, spies, or private investigators when we grew up.

#2 My grandmother, Beatrice, was force-feeding me meat loaf and Jell-O, which was mostly water. She came from a rich family and had tons of money in the bank, but she was so cheap that she would try to make a single Jell-O package last for months.

#3 My grandfather had a tracheostomy, which meant that he had a hole in his throat from which his voice came out. He was always annoyed, and would sometimes bark at me and my brother.

#4 I played in the backyard with my friend Aleusha, an Alaskan malamute, who was my only real friend besides Chad. I was also curious about my grandfather and his depravity, so I didn’t go to visit my father’s parents for about a week.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822537224

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My grandfather’s cellar was off-limits to everyone except him. It was his world, and he kept his dirty secrets there. I was a scrawny 13-year-old with freckles and a bowl cut, while my cousin Chad was a scrawny 12-year-old with freckles and buck teeth. We wanted to become detectives, spies, or private investigators when we grew up.

#2

My grandmother, Beatrice, was force-feeding me meat loaf and Jell-O, which was mostly water. She came from a rich family and had tons of money in the bank, but she was so cheap that she would try to make a single Jell-O package last for months.

#3

My grandfather had a tracheostomy, which meant that he had a hole in his throat from which his voice came out. He was always annoyed, and would sometimes bark at me and my brother.

#4

I played in the backyard with my friend Aleusha, an Alaskan malamute, who was my only real friend besides Chad. I was also curious about my grandfather and his depravity, so I didn’t go to visit my father’s parents for about a week.

#5

I was always afraid of my grandfather, who had a habit of hiding in the basement when he was sick. I would often see him in his backyard throwing stones at his German shepherd or thrusting sticks up its ass.

#6

I was with my grandfather when we saw the train set. We were too afraid to come out into the open, so we had to watch him hack and move his hand rapidly in his lap. We knew what he was doing, and we wanted to leave right away.

#7

I was brainwashed at Christian school to believe that the end of the world was imminent, and that everyone would be marked with the number of the beast. I was terrified by the idea of the end of the world, and I became obsessed with it.

#8

I was an Episcopalian, which is basically diet Catholic, and the school was nondenominational. But that didn’t stop Ms. Price from attacking Catholics and Episcopalians. She would lecture us about how they misinterpreted the Bible and were worshipping false idols by praying to the pope and the Virgin Mary.

#9

I went to church with Lisa and her family, but the experience soon went awry. I was horrified when I saw Lisa spew a huge wad of thick, lime-green snot into my hand. I didn’t