Don't Be a Dick Pete

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Pub Date 14 Jun 2018 | Archive Date 31 Aug 2018

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Description

Stuart Heritage got where he is today by being decent, thoughtful, hardworking and kind. He is, in short, a model citizen. The favourite son.

His younger brother Pete is quick-tempered, peevish and aggressively pig-headed and, for a while, known to his friends as 'Shagger'.

But now, Stu has returned to his hometown to discover that Pete has taken his place.

Don’t Be A Dick, Pete is a hilarious examination of home and family; sons, fathers, fatherhood, sibling relationships and how hard it is to move on in a system that’s loaded with several decades of preconceived ideas about you.

Stuart Heritage got where he is today by being decent, thoughtful, hardworking and kind. He is, in short, a model citizen. The favourite son.

His younger brother Pete is quick-tempered, peevish and...


Advance Praise

Every person I know is going to love this book. I can’t imagine anyone reading this book and not being in love with it. He is incomparable in terms of his voice and observational lens… No one writes about the incidentals and the characteristics of British life better than him
– DOLLY ALDERTON

The funniest book of the year. Disclaimer: may induce hysteria.
COSMOPOLITAN

I think it's BRILLIANT
– Xan Brooks

Really funny, and ultimately very touching
– Marian Keyes

Almost unfairly funny
– HADLEY FREEMAN

I loved it so much I read it in one fell swoop. Fantatically funny but also so touching
– INDIA KNIGHT

Every person I know is going to love this book. I can’t imagine anyone reading this book and not being in love with it. He is incomparable in terms of his voice and observational lens… No one writes...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781784705213
PRICE £8.99 (GBP)
PAGES 256

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