Bad Trips - How I Went from Vice Reporter to International Drug Smuggler (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Dundurn Group
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	May 2022
Authors:	Slava Pastuk
As told to:	Brian Whitney
Dimensions:	139 x 215 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-1-4597-4925-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Organized crime > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-4597-4925-1
Barcode:	9781459749252

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