Unmask Alice : LSD, satanic panic, and the imposter behind the world's most notorious diaries

Summary: In 1971, the anonymously published Go ask Alice-- the supposed diary of a middle-class addict-- reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portray of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. In 1979 Jay's journal- the posthumous memoir of an alleged teenage Satanist-- poisoned whole communities. In reality the two books were written by 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. Emerson explores this true story of contagious deception. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 1637740425
ISBN: 9781637740422
Physical Description: xiv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Publisher: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue: The pretender -- About a girl -- The boy who died -- Gods and monsters -- Contagion -- Shine a light -- Epilogue: After forever.