Critical Praise

"High is crammed full of gritty adventure, exciting deal-making, human misery, humor, touching character studies, mysterious shenanigans, and lots and lots of heart."

—Kenneth J. Harvey, author of Inside

"Now-reformed smuggler O'Dea pulls back the curtain on the machinations and motivations of a hugely successful, outrageously addicted 1980s drug trafficker whose redemption came too late to save him from prison... O'Dea maintains a sense of numbing repetition that resonates with the addiction narrative and keeps the drug cowboy tales grounded. Throughout his life's many ups and downs, however, O’Dea remains a charming, relatable narrator you can’t help but root for."

—Publishers Weekly

"High offers an intensive crash course in Dope Smuggling 101 intercut with a graduate seminar on doing time in the American gulag. O’Dea writes with telling authority and heartfelt sensitivity, to say nothing of self-effacing humor. Get High."

—Richard Stratton, author of Altered States of America

"Brian O’Dea has delivered a book that reads like a thriller, but is in fact and an honest, daring, inspiring life-changer, and deserves the widest possible readership."

—John Wareham, author of The President’s Therapist

"High is one hell of a wild ride on a full-throttle journey down the highway of life."

—Edward Winterhalder, author of Biker Chicks