Don't Be a Dick Pete
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Don't Be a Dick Pete
By (Author) Stuart Heritage
Vintage Publishing
Vintage
15th June 2018
14th June 2018
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Autobiography: general
Gender studies: men and boys
Humour
Local and family history, nostalgia
306.8752092
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 17mm
205g
Description
Iron man. Alpha male. Danny Dyer fanatic. Shagger. Meet Pete. He's Stuart Heritage's younger brother. And he's a dick. 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.
Reviews
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 cant 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 *
This is (very, very) funny, but it's also a story about brothers and families and home, and it's as warm as it is rude * Stylist *
Really funny and crazy. * Bob Odenkirk *
The funniest book of the year. Disclaimer: may induce hysteria. * Cosmopolitan *
Hilarious ... a touching take on modern masculinity and family * Grazia *
Author Bio
Stuart Heritage has written for the Guardian since 2009. His weekly column about his young son 'Man With a Pram' ran in the paper's Family section between 2015-16. He founded a celebrity news site called Hecklerspray (Metro's Best British Blog in 2007 and the Observer top 50 most powerful blogs in the world in 2008) and has written for Vanity Fair, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Red, Marie Clare, the NME, Shortlist, Time Out and the Radio Times. He lives in Ashford, Kent.
