{"product_id":"anti-social-book-nick-pettigrew-9781529125733","title":"Anti-Social","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Darkly comic ... \u003cb\u003ethink Adam Kay's \u003ci\u003eThis is Going to Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e but with more dead bodies \u003c\/b\u003e(and not just human ones) and an abundance of cat shit. It's\u003cb\u003e a gloriously cynical read but it's also sympathetic and deeply empathetic.' \u003c\/b\u003eKATHY BURKE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003ci\u003eHas your life become unbearable because the person living above you has a fondness for crack cocaine, the company of strangers and dance music? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOr maybe you’re a social worker, mental health nurse, police officer, firefighter, dog warden or vicar and you’ve been landed with someone who’s a pain in the arse. Who are you going to call? That would be me: an anti-social behaviour officer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnti-Social\u003c\/i\u003e is the diary of a council worker whose job is to keep his community happy, or at least away from each other’s throats. That’s hard enough at the best of times but when government cuts mean that hospitals, social services and police are all at breaking point, the possibility of complete chaos is never far away. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an urgent, timely but, most of all, hysterically funny true story 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 within a single sentence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of The Secret Barrister and Adam Kay's \u003ci\u003eThis is Going to Hurt.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A\u003cb\u003e funny, thoughtful\u003c\/b\u003e look into one of the toughest jobs I can imagine' SHAPPI KORSANDI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49548383781137,"sku":"GOR011296350","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50628463788305,"sku":"GOR011441475","price":3.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1529125731.jpg?v=1750718713","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/anti-social-book-nick-pettigrew-9781529125733","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}