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To Live Outside the Law: Caught by Operation Julie, Britain's Biggest Drugs Bust

To Live Outside the Law: Caught by Operation Julie, Britain's Biggest Drugs Bust

by Leaf Fielding (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 07 Jul 2011
ISBN 10: 1846687969
ISBN 13: 9781846687969
Book Overview: He was arrested in Operation Julie, the biggest drugs bust in history, but he didn't do it for the money. He wanted to change the world.

Media Reviews
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 *
Author Bio
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.