{"product_id":"anti-social","title":"Anti Social","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eAnti-Social\u003c\/i\u003e is brutally honest, exceptionally funny and terribly sad - a scything indictment of broken 21st century Britain. I could not put it down.''\u003c\/b\u003e THE SECRET BARRISTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA fascinating insight into a job that stitches together the cracks in compassion in our communities''\u003c\/b\u003e RENI EDDO-LODGE, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Superb. This hysterically funny and moving memoir of an anti-social behaviour officer is a real eye-opener that hits all the right notes'' \u003c\/b\u003eFRANKIE BOYLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnti-Social\u003c\/i\u003e is the diary of a disillusioned local authority worker whose job it is to keep people happy, or at least away from each other''s throats. That''s hard enough at the best of times, but when your day features secret hoarders, violent disputes over dance music and litigious arms dealers, the total breakdown of local society is never far away. The only thing keeping it together are the chronically underfunded officers charged with patching the fraying threads of civilisation, and they have a hard enough time keeping \u003ci\u003ethemselves \u003c\/i\u003etogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is an urgent, timely but, most of all, hysterically funny memoir of a life spent working with the people society wants to forget and the problems that nobody else can resolve. This book will make you laugh, cry and boil with rage, all within a single sentence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUpdated with a new chapter for the paperback edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Get this book ... I''m telling you now, you will absolutely love this guy, what he has to say and the book that he has written. \u003cb\u003eIn equal parts devastating and dark and incredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e.'' NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Laugh-out-loud funny. \u003c\/b\u003eThe delivery is punchy and the humour dark - \u003cb\u003ethink Irvine Welsh minus the Scottish vernacular'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eThink Adam Kay''s \u003ci\u003eThis is Going to Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e but with more dead bodies ... It''s a gloriously cynical read but it''s also sympathetic and deeply empathetic.'' \u003c\/b\u003eKATHY BURKE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Riveting and brilliantly written... \u003cb\u003ea potent cocktail of heartbreak and horror; wickedly funny, wearily endearing and absolutely enraging\u003c\/b\u003e'' CAROLINE SANDERSON, \u003ci\u003eBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A\u003cb\u003e funny, thoughtful\u003c\/b\u003e look into one of the toughest jobs I can imagine'' SHAPPI KORSANDI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I absolutely loved it. It \u003cb\u003ereads like a novel,\u003c\/b\u003e has that \u003cb\u003epage-turning\u003c\/b\u003e quality everyone looks for in a good book but it delivers the punch that only true life can - \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e obviously but with \u003cb\u003ehumanity and warmth\u003c\/b\u003e for people at the edges of society most in need of our understanding and compassion'' KIT DE WAAL, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Leon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliant. This deserves to be a huge success - \u003cb\u003efunny, sad and heartbreaking\u003c\/b\u003e'' LORRAINE KELLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReader reviews for \u003ci\u003eAnti-Social:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The timing of this book could not be better''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Politicians of all hues should be made to read this book''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Readable and compulsive''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Well written and stunningly well observed''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The author and all his long-suffering, dedicated colleagues deserve dustbin lid-sized medals''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It had me in stitches, it had me in tears''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Top-drawer stuff ... utterly riveting''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I don''t often take the time to review books here, but would very much recommend \u003ci\u003eAnti-Social\u003c\/i\u003e.''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312331661694,"sku":"NW9781787464995","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781787464995.jpg?v=1778587583","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/anti-social","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}