{"product_id":"9780306833311-born-with-a-tail","title":"Born with a Tail","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Devilish Life and Wicked Times of Anton Szandor LaVey, Founder of the Church of Satan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative biography of the iconic founder of the Church of Satan and author of The Satanic Bible, Anton Szandor LaVey, revealing an eccentric and scandalous life of showmanship, deception, celebrity fatalities, assassination attempts, and a furor of Satanic Panic across America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative biography of the iconic founder of the Church of Satan and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, Anton Szandor LaVey, revealing an eccentric and scandalous life of showmanship, deception, celebrity fatalities, assassination attempts, and a furor of Satanic Panic across America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Anton Szandor LaVey-founder of the Church of Satan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, and media-savvy prankster and provocateur-burst onto the freak-flag-flying San Francisco scene in the mid-1960s, \u003ci\u003eno one\u003c\/i\u003e could've expected that he would one day become the poster fiend for all of the world's evil. And yet, in truth, LaVey's ironic, theatrical approach to Satanism differed drastically from the violent, devil-worshipping variety that helped give rise to the \"Satanic Panic\" of the 1980s. Dressed as a wicked, caped roué, LaVey was a charismatic, ankh-wearing, headline-and-skirt-chasing rake who took what he did seriously-but he was \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e in on the joke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBORN WITH A TAIL: The Devilish Life and Satanic Times of Anton Szandor LaVey, \u003c\/i\u003ejournalist Doug Brod combs through the facts and fictions of LaVey's extraordinary life, providing readers with not just a deeply reported biography of this notorious figure, but also a vivid cultural and social history of the outré movement he spawned. Before founding the Church of Satan in 1966, the Jewish-born, self-described \"misfit\" Howard Levey immersed himself in the \"self\"-centered philosophy of Ayn Rand, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Aleister Crowley, which inspired him to devise a non-religious, ultra libertarian \"Church\" where he could share his findings with likeminded thinkers. But LaVey's influence could be felt far beyond his flock, as his signature performative Satanism played a prominent role in the occult revival and outbreak of paranormal phenomena that dominated pop culture in the 1970s-a time of exorcisms, reincarnation, alien abductions, psychic surgery, and Ouija boards-and continues to be felt to this day across music, film, TV, and art. Alongside this exploration of his larger-than-life cultural significance, \u003ci\u003eBORN WITH A TAIL \u003c\/i\u003ealso dives into LaVey's eccentric domestic life and scandals, including his rumored involvement in the car-crash deaths of Mansfield and her lover, as well as an attempted assassination of then-Sen. Ted Kennedy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpic in scope yet intimate in detail, \u003ci\u003eBORN WITH A TAIL\u003c\/i\u003e not only tells the definitive story of a classic, uniquely American huckster and his impact on the times-but also ultimately exposes a dark, secret history of America itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41690475888737,"sku":"9780306833311","price":23.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29647192.jpg?v=1725635443","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780306833311-born-with-a-tail","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}