{"product_id":"unmask-alice-lsd-satanic-panic-and-the-imposter-behind-the-worlds-most-notorious-diaries-1637745184","title":"Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1637745184\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Emerson, Rick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the must-read books of this century.\"-Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl\"Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson goes a long way to showing what investigative journalism could be in the right hands . . . this book is undeniably buzzworthy.\" -Portland Book Review\"An absorbing and unnerving read . . . this book demands to be finished in one sitting.\" -BooklistTwo teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud.In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, Go Ask Alice remains a divisive bestseller, outraging censors and earning new fans, all of them drawn by the book's mythic premise: A Real Diary, by Anonymous.But Alice was only the beginning.In 1979, another diary rattled the culture, setting the stage for a national meltdown. The posthumous memoir of an alleged teenage Satanist, Jay's Journal merged with a frightening new crisis-adolescent suicide-to create a literal witch hunt, shattering countless lives and poisoning whole communities.In reality, Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal 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.Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries 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.Unmask Alice . . . where truth is stranger than nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52164612423968,"sku":"NEW1637745184","price":16.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81k775jgKWL.jpg?v=1786224989","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/unmask-alice-lsd-satanic-panic-and-the-imposter-behind-the-worlds-most-notorious-diaries-1637745184","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}