Born with a Tail: The Devilish Life and Wicked Times of Anton Szandor LaVey, Founder of the Church of Satan

This is a biography of Anton Szandor LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan. LaVey, a media-savvy provocateur, gained fame in San Francisco and turned his eerie obsessions into a philosophy and lifestyle that capitalized on New Age rage. He founded the Church of Satan, where young women squirmed nude on the mantel of his ritual chamber. LaVey's bestselling book, The Satanic Bible, resonated with both the hip and the alienated, influencing the nightmarish and supernatural entertainment that dominated pop culture in the 1970s and continues to impact today.