Author Talk: Daniel Simpson

Join us as author Daniel Simpson visits Read Booksellers to discuss his new book, A Rough Guide to the Dark Side.

Ever dreamed of changing the world? Daniel Simpson shows how not to do it. His memoir charts a gonzo career at The New York Times. Ambitious and idealistic, he was hired to report on the Balkans but quit within months, freaked out by his editor’s zeal for starting wars. Disillusioned, Daniel went native in Belgrade. Together with the charismatic G, who’d appeared one night in lavish puffs of smoke, he decided to organize Serbia’s version of Woodstock: a festival on an island in the Danube.

Why do good intentions go awry? With brutally honest humor, Daniel recounts his journey to the edge, and a desperate drug-fuelled quest for the truth. A Rough Guide To The Dark Side is a real-life trip through organized crime. In essence, it’s Fear and Loathing in the Balkans, but with added bile and an overdose of hubris.