There are several unauthorized Hubbard biographies—most notably, Russell Miller’s “Bare-Faced Messiah, ” Jon Atack’s “A Piece of Blue Sky, ” and Bent Corydon’s “L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?”
Chinese fermented beancurd, an intense-tasting relish, had always reminded me of a ripe blue cheese, but the Shaoxing tasters, faced with a Stichelton, disagreed.