ARGONAUT BOOKS

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. Five million copies later, it remains a divisive bestseller. 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, shatter...Read More