Description
| Product ID: | 9781459749252 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Bad Trips |
| Subtitle: | How I Went from VICE Reporter to International Drug Smuggler |
| Authors: | Author: Slava Pastuk |
| Page Count: | 248 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, True crime, Organized crime, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, True crime, Organized crime, Media, information & communication industries |
| Description: | Slava Pastuk made a decision that changed his life when he became involved in a global drug-smuggling conspiracy to import cocaine into Australia. Bad Trips is a story of crime, sex, drugs, and rap music, with a backdrop of one of the world's hippest and most influential websites, VICE. The true story of a music editor at VICE who tried to become the coolest reporter the company had ever had — by becoming an international drug smuggler. In 2019, music reporter Slava P, an editor for VICE media, was sentenced to nine years in prison for recruiting friends into a scheme to smuggle cocaine from the U.S. into Australia. Five of them were already in jail. Immediately, Slava P was internationally infamous. Was he a victim of pressure to commit extreme acts for the sake of a good story? A product of a drug-obsessed work environment? Or a manipulator who pushed vulnerable young people into crime? Here, Slava P tells his side of the story: what exactly happened and how the precarious, dog-eat-dog atmosphere of a media company can lead the young, the naive, and the ambitious into taking crazy risks. Bad Trips is a story about drugs, hip-hop, influencers, and glamour, set against the backdrop of one of the world’s most influential news and entertainment sites, VICE. Its cast of beautiful young people and semi-famous rappers passes from the seediest apartments to the most elegant of private clubs. Slava P’s chronicling of his years at this famous hotbed of excess is a piercing insight into contemporary media culture. All royalties from the sale of Bad Trips go to co-author Brian Whitney. |
| Imprint Name: | Dundurn Group Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Dundurn Group Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-06-16 |
