Bad Trips
How I Went from VICE Reporter to International Drug Smuggler

Slava is a POS. Selfish. Self-absorbed. etc. I’m tempted to balance these facts by saying: but who of us weren’t also dumb young idiots at different points in our 20s? There’s a part of me that really hates that young folks, esp young Black folks, got wrapped up in harebrained schemes trying to impr......more

I like this not really as a memoir about getting caught up in drug trafficking but mostly as a riveting look back at not only the mid 2010s Vice Canada and media culture but also of Toronto itself. You can see for yourself why it was the best of times but also can see the seeds of destruction plante......more

I'm doing an event with Slava on Thursday, so I read his book in anticipation. I liked it. It's a page turner, for sure. It had a realism to it that I recognize as the real deal...not much has been altered, while still, I'm sure, hiding something else in a way I recognize all too well. I also liked S......more