{"product_id":"unmask-alice-lsd-satanic-panic-and-the-imposter-behind-the-worlds-most-notorious-diaries","title":"Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1971, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGo Ask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGo Ask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGo Ask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e remains a divisive bestseller, outraging censors and earning new fans, all of them drawn by the book's mythic premise: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Real Diary, by Anonymous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was only the beginning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1979, another diary rattled the culture, setting the stage for a national meltdown. The posthumous memoir of an alleged teenage Satanist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJay's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e merged with a frightening new crisis—adolescent suicide—to create a literal witch hunt, shattering countless lives and poisoning whole communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn reality, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGo Ask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJay's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e came from the same dark place: Beatrice Sparks, a serial con artist who betrayed a grieving family, stole a dead boy's memory, and lied her way to the National Book Awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a true story of contagious deception. It stretches from Hollywood to Quantico, and passes through a tiny patch of Utah nicknamed \"the fraud capital of America.\" It's the story of a doomed romance and a vengeful celebrity. Of a lazy press and a public mob. Of two suicidal teenagers, and their exploitation by a literary vampire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnmask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e . . . where truth is stranger than nonfiction.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"BenBella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44109952581884,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/products\/benbella-books-books-unmask-alice-lsd-satanic-panic-and-the-imposter-behind-the-world-s-most-notorious-diaries-9781637740422-38877131964668.jpg?v=1762382319","url":"https:\/\/shop.thirdeyecomics.com\/products\/unmask-alice-lsd-satanic-panic-and-the-imposter-behind-the-worlds-most-notorious-diaries","provider":"Third Eye Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}