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Anti-Social
- The Secret Diary of an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer
- Narrated by: Nick Pettigrew
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Perfect for fans of The Secret Barrister and Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt.
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Has your life become unbearable because the person living above you has a fondness for crack cocaine, the company of strangers and dance music? Or 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.
Anti-Social 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.
This 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.
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AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST AND ITV'S LORRAINE
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- TRQUIN OF WINCHESTER
- 22-09-21
Spot on how it is.
Really accurate account of what it's like to work in this area of a local council. So many stories I can relate to and agree with about how things are reported and pan out. The unrealistic expectations of the customers and the red tape that surrounds everything. Also the author is funny and easy to listen to. Well worth a listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-03-21
Required Reading
Should be compulsory for everyone in politics to read this - read it and understand it!
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- Wayne
- 31-08-20
A good listen and very informative.
Provides a very informative account of the job of ASB officer and is well worth a listen.
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- Judy Robson
- 26-07-20
a must read for policy makers
I was aware of some of the issues that the author writes about but still found it highly educational.
The big surprize was the amount of humour although most of it quite dark. The descriptions of the individuals concered were great and gave an insight into the everyday difficulties that the authors role entails.
Usually im not fond of author read books- unless that author is an actor, comedian etc. in this case the narration was great.
Highly recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-11-23
interesting
the stories are interesting, but the attempts at humour really let it down. They're just not funny and, most of the time, totally unnecessary
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- Ricky
- 16-08-23
Eye-opening
A genuine and well described dive into the most vulnerable and fraught members of British society, how they live and what that frontline of response is. Pettigrew's book should be required reading for every politician and voter.
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- Ann
- 17-05-23
Excellent.
Witty, informative and heart wrenching - written and read brilliantly. This is the sort of book that makes me late for work as I sit in the car park to listen to the end of the chapter before I go in! Thank you Nick for the book and the dedication you’ve given to your job.
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- Chloe
- 20-09-22
Phenomenal
Ive just started a new company as a housing officer/ASB and this was witty, perfectly written and made my long journeys to the middle of no where alot more pleasurable! thank you!
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- Matthew Fairleigh
- 15-04-22
interesting
it is always interesting to learn about another group of lives seen through the eyes of someone trying to help but I needed something more of a plot to follow
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- Andrew B.
- 24-01-22
Everyone should read this
Powerful, moving, darkly funny, and unflinchingly honest, this is a wonderfully humane book about humans. Nick is a superb narrator of his own story, which he tells with a combination of dry wit, world weariness, and deep empathy for the book’s many subjects. I wanted to buy him a drink after listening to his account of life on the frontline of our beleaguered and criminally-underfunded ASB services. A superb book, highly recommended.
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