Anton le vey biography

Okay, several admissions. One, this review is based largely on memory and it's not due to my having just finished it. I just came across mention of some people I read in college and beyond and thought it might be fun to reread or possibly simply write a brief review on some books by or about him, among some others. Two, and this is very important -- it is an "authorized" biography. Naturally that's treated as a good thing by the author(s) as the author(s) had "inside" access to LaVey and his rituals that few others possessed and thus was the most qualified person to write this. Never mind the fact that they had had a very longterm relationship before he died, so obviously there is no bias in this book. Hah! OF COURSE there's bias in this book! Virtually every single "authorized" biographies of anyone, whether a celebrity, rock band, athelete, entertainer, etc., are written by someone who "knows" the subject and therefore can relate things to the reader that others can't. And these writers are almost never professional writers -- which tends to be obvious -- so not only is the subject matter very questionable but virtually all show evidence of lack of proofing, editing, and so forth,

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