{"product_id":"the-devil-you-know-stories-of-human-cruelty-and-compassion-by-gwen-adshead-eileen-horne","title":"The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion by Gwen Adshead, Eileen Horne","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780571357604\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber, June 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e355 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Exceptional.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVAL McDERMID\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e'Gripping . . . and ultimately enlightening.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePHILIPPE SANDS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSEBASTIAN FAULKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating, erudite and beautifully written.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCHRISTIE WATSON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA perspective-shattering work into the minds of violent criminals that reveals profound consequences for human nature and society at large.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BBC RADIO 4 and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Effortlessly readable and deeply moving.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJOANNA CANNON, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant . . . a powerful myth buster.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unmissable.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e'Leaves the reader with a nuanced, subtle understanding of \"evil\".' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHERALD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Shocking and unflinching.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compulsive reading.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMIRROR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSerial homicide. Stalking. Arson. Gang crime. Who are the people behind these acts of terrible violence? What are their stories? And what is it like to sit opposite them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists, and she has spent thirty years providing therapy inside secure hospitals and prisons. Whatever her patient's crime she aims to help them to better know their minds by helping them to articulate their life experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a collaboration with co-author Eileen Horne, Adshead brings her work to life in these fascinating, unflinching portraits of individuals who newspaper headlines, TV dramas and crime fiction label 'monsters'. Case by case, Adshead takes us into the treatment room and reveals these men and women in all their complexity and vulnerability. She sheds new light on the unpredictable nature of the therapeutic process as doctor and patient try to find words for the unspeakable. These are stories of cruelty and despair but also of change and recovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a time of increasing polarisation, in the face of overcrowded prisons and devastating cuts to mental health care, Adshead speaks to our shared humanity and makes the case for compassion over condemnation, empathy over fear. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Devil You Know\u003c\/span\u003e challenges what we think we know about evil. It is a rare book that has the power to change minds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Urgent and invaluable.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDAVID LAMMY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable . . . suffused with extraordinary compassion.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGAVIN FRANCIS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling . . . stories don't come any richer.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSARAH DUNANT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Meticulous, elegant, provoking.' \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMARINA CANTACUZINO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374204731554,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/81Aose1fWmL._SY342.jpg?v=1782822269","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-devil-you-know-stories-of-human-cruelty-and-compassion-by-gwen-adshead-eileen-horne","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}