{"product_id":"clubland-the-fabulous-rise-and-murderous-fall-of-club-culture-paperback","title":"Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Owen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutrageous parties. Brazen drug use. Fantastical costumes. Celebrities. Wannabes. Gender-bending club kids. Pulse-pounding beats. Sinful orgies. Botched police raids. Depraved criminals. Murder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to the decadent nineties club scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1995, journalist Frank Owen began researching a story on Special K, a designer drug that fueled the after-midnight club scene. He went to buy and sample the drug at the internationally notorious Limelight, a crumbling church converted into a Manhattan disco, where mesmerizing music, ecstatic dancers, and uninhibited sideshows attracted long lines of hopeful onlookers. Owen discovered a world where reckless hedonism was elevated to an art form, and where the ever-accelerating party finally spun out of control in the hands of notorious club owner Peter Gatien and his minions. In\u003ci\u003e Clubland\u003c\/i\u003e, Owen reveals how a lethal drug ring operated in a lawless, black-lit realm of fantasy, and how, when the lights came up, their excesses left countless victims in their wake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraised for his risk-taking and exhilarating writing style, Frank Owen has spawned a hybrid of literary nonfiction and true crime, capturing the zeitgeist of a world that emerged in the spirit of \"peace, love, unity and respect,\" and ended in tragedy.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutrageous parties. Brazen drug use. Fantastical costumes. Celebrities. Wannabes. Gender-bending club kids. Pulse-pounding beats. Sinful orgies. Botched police raids. Depraved criminals. Murder. \u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the decadent nineties club scene. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1995, journalist Frank Owen began researching a story on Special K, a designer drug that fueled the after-midnight club scene. He went to buy and sample the drug at the internationally notorious Limelight, a crumbling church converted into a Manhattan disco, where mesmerizing music, ecstatic dancers, and uninhibited sideshows attracted long lines of hopeful onlookers. Owen discovered a world where reckless hedonism was elevated to an art form, and where the ever-accelerating party finally spun out of control in the hands of notorious club owner Peter Gatien and his minions. In\" Clubland, Owen reveals how a lethal drug ring operated in a lawless, black-lit realm of fantasy, and how, when the lights came up, their excesses left countless victims in their wake. \u003cbr\u003ePraised for his risk-taking and exhilarating writing style, Frank Owen has spawned a hybrid of literary nonfiction and true crime, capturing the zeitgeist of a world that emerged in the spirit of \"peace, love, unity and respect,\" and ended in tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Manchester, England, \u003cb\u003eFrank Owen\u003c\/b\u003e received an American studies degree from Keele University, and later went on to earn his MA at the Birmingham Centre of Cultural Studies. He trained as a radio journalist at the BBC. In the 1980s he moved from London to New York to become the music editor at \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. His work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eDetails\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArena\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle, LA Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUS.\u003c\/i\u003e He's the author of \u003ci\u003eClubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNo Speed Limit: The Highs and Lows of Meth. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131683475591,"sku":"9780767917353","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6b979f7489599d0626ea458d3977822b.webp?v=1732620807","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/clubland-the-fabulous-rise-and-murderous-fall-of-club-culture-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}