High Risk: A True Story of the SAS, Drugs, and Other Bad Behaviour

High Risk: A True Story of the SAS, Drugs, and Other Bad Behaviour
ISBN-10
1787384632
ISBN-13
9781787384637
Series
High Risk
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
2021-05-20
Publisher
Hurst & Company
Author
Ben Timberlake

Description

This is a dark, raw and uncompromising tale of the human condition in extremis, drawing on the many lives of Ben Timberlake: as an archaeologist, Special Forces soldier, combat medic and drug addict. Starting with Ben's first near-death experience--in a Nazi-themed bar in wartime Yugoslavia--High Risk is a whirlwind tour of everything from service in the SAS, combat in Iraq, and encounters with a gambling-obsessed 9/11 hijacker, to veterans blissed out on MDMA, hook-ups in the world of extreme sex, and battling a heroin habit on a remote Scottish island. Ben pursued the rush, and the chase often took him over the edge. Instead of asking why, he asked, why not? Blending confessional narrative, classic reportage and acerbic humour, this memoir takes a gonzo look at terrorists, junkies, soldiers and strippers, through the tale of one extraordinary life.

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