To Live Outside the Law
Caught by Operation Julie, Britain's Biggest Drugs Bust
Published on 7. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-84668-796-9 (ISBN)
Description
To Live Outside the Law is the first insider account of the LSD conspiracy ended by Operation Julie, Britain's biggest drug bust. The book opens with Leaf Fielding's arrest in a pre-dawn police raid and ends five years later with his release from jail.
The narrative moves back and forth between the harsh world of prison and his previous life - from a childhood at a brutal boarding school onto undergraduate days and his LSD epiphany in the summer of love, 1967.
Acid transformed him in an instant from nerdy scholar to footloose freak. His ten years of adventures in the hippie underground gave the title to this book - a quote from a Bob Dylan song - they also took him across Europe, to the Andes, to Indochina and on to the edge of the known universe. They also led inexorably to his downfall.
The narrative moves back and forth between the harsh world of prison and his previous life - from a childhood at a brutal boarding school onto undergraduate days and his LSD epiphany in the summer of love, 1967.
Acid transformed him in an instant from nerdy scholar to footloose freak. His ten years of adventures in the hippie underground gave the title to this book - a quote from a Bob Dylan song - they also took him across Europe, to the Andes, to Indochina and on to the edge of the known universe. They also led inexorably to his downfall.
Reviews / Votes
As bold and innovative as its author, To Live Outside the Law takes the reader on a breath-taking guided tour of academic acid absorption, hitch-hiking hells, emotional whirlwinds, years in the slammer, and colossal amounts of dope -- Howard Marks A tale of adventure and an absorbing period piece ... assembled and crafted with assiduous zeal ... a compelling read -- Peter Carty * Independent on Sunday * Fielding sums up his era perfectly ... there was barely a page I couldn't imagine vividly ... you get a real feel of the grottiness of the student flats and bedsits of the 1970s, the guys in multicoloured outfits and Afghan coats. You can almost smell the Afghan coats ... Fielding has encapsulated an era -- William Leith * Observer * Fielding writes with wit and concision -- Oregano Rathbone * Record Collector *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
372 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84668-796-9 (9781846687969)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
07/2012
Serpent's Tail
€31.13
Article exhausted; check different version
Additional editions
E-Book
07/2011
1st Edition
Serpent's Tail
from
€19.99
Available for download
Person
Twenty-eight years after his release from prison Leaf Fielding has been a teacher in Spain and a philanthropist, setting up a home for orphans in Malawi. He now sells organic produce in the region of the south of France where he lives.