Anti-Social - The Secret Diary of an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer
By Nick Pettigrew

Perfect for fans of The Secret Barrister and Adam Kay'sand This is Going to Hurt.__________________________________'Superb. This hysterically funny and moving memoir of an anti-social behaviour officer is a real eye-opener that hits all the right notes'and FRANKIE BOYLE'Anti-Social is brutally honest, exceptionally funny and terribly sad - a scything indictment of broken 21st century Britain. I could not put it down.'and THE SECRET BARRISTER'A fascinating insight into a job that stitches together the cracks in compassion in our communities'and RENI EDDO-LODGE, bestselling author ofand Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race__________________________________Has your life become unbearable because the person living above you has a fondness for crack cocaine, the company of strangers and dance music?and 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-Socialand is the diary of a local authority worker whose job it 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 your day features secret hoarders, delusional wannabe jockeys and litigious arms dealers, not to mention colleagues at war over the office thermostat, the possibility of complete chaos is never far away.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.NOW WITH A NEW CHAPTER__________________________________AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST AND ITV'Sand LORRAINE'Brilliant. This deserves to be a huge success -and funny, sad and heartbreaking' LORRAINE KELLY'I absolutely loved it. Itand reads like a novel,and has thatand page-turningand quality everyone looks for in a good book but it delivers the punch that only true life can -and funnyand obviously but withand humanity and warmthand for people at the edges of society most in need of our understanding and compassion' KIT DE WAAL, author ofand My Name Is Leon'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.and In equal parts devastating and dark and incredibly funny.' NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE'Laugh-out-loud funny.and The delivery is punchy and the humour dark -and think Irvine Welsh minus the Scottish vernacular'and EXPRESS'Darkly comic ...and think Adam Kay'sand This is Going to Hurtand but with more dead bodiesand (and not just human ones) and an abundance of cat shit. It'sand a gloriously cynical read but it's also sympathetic and deeply empathetic.'and KATHY BURKE'Riveting and brilliantly written...and a potent cocktail of heartbreak and horror; wickedly funny, wearily endearing and absolutely enraging' CAROLINE SANDERSON,and Bookseller'Extraordinary, fascinating,and very moving and very funny' CHRISTINE LAMPARD'Aand funny, thoughtfuland look into one of the toughest jobs I can imagine' SHAPPI KORSANDI__________________________________Reader reviews forand Anti-Social:'The timing of this book could not be better''It had me in stitches, it had me in tears''This is a must-read book''Politicians of all hues should be made to read this book''Readable and compulsive''Well written and stunningly well observed''The author and all his long-suffering, dedicated colleagues deserve dustbin lid-sized medals''Heartbreaking and hysterical''Top-drawer stuff ... utterly riveting''I don't often take the time to review books here, but would very much recommendand Anti-Social.'