{"product_id":"unmask-alice-book-rick-emerson-9781637745182","title":"Unmask Alice","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An absorbing and unnerving read . . . this book demands to be finished in one sitting.\" --Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"One of the must-read books of this century.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTwo teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1971, \u003ci\u003eGo Ask Alice\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eGo Ask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, \u003ci\u003eGo Ask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e remains a divisive bestseller, outraging censors and earning new fans, all of them drawn by the book's mythic premise: \u003ci\u003eA Real Diary, by Anonymous\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But \u003ci\u003eAlice\u003c\/i\u003e was only the beginning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1979, another diary rattled the culture, setting the stage for a national meltdown. The posthumous memoir of an alleged teenage Satanist, \u003ci\u003eJay's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e merged with a frightening new crisis--adolescent suicide--to create a literal witch hunt, shattering countless lives and poisoning whole communities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In reality, \u003ci\u003eGo Ask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJay's Journal\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnmask Alice\u003c\/i\u003e . . . where truth is stranger than nonfiction.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50452299219217,"sku":"CIN1637745184G","price":10.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51042612674833,"sku":"NIN9781637745182","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52604664054033,"sku":"GOR014560212","price":19.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52636219801873,"sku":"CIN1637745184VG","price":11.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53192498217233,"sku":"CIN1637745184A","price":11.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/unmask-alice-book-rick-emerson-9781637745182","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}