
How to Con Friends and Manipulate People
The Subtle Art of Being a Total Psychopath
Geraint Anderson(Author)
August Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 2. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-83598-456-7 (ISBN)
Description
"The Art of War for the Tik Tok generation" - Donald J Tump (56, Milton Keynes)
Geraint Anderson is a genuine phenomenon.
Ever since he wrote his bestselling memoir Cityboy, which followed Geraint as he embarked upon a wildly successful (and not at all fraudulent) investment banking career, publishers have been begging him to reveal how he climbed the corporate ladder with such ease. Did he achieve his remarkable brilliance through diligence and hard work?
No, he did so because he is a psychopath.
In this remarkable book, Geraint explains that the world is rapidly becoming such a brutal place that soon it will only be psychopaths who succeed - whether the aim is to become top dog in business, politics or, indeed, the clergy. Within these pages, you will quickly learn how to think like a stone-cold killer and, in so doing, become the very worst version of yourself.
This is the first book of its kind - a realistic manual that explains exactly how to be a winner in today's dog-eat-dog capitalist world. You may not like a lot of what Geraint has to say, but that's only because it's radical, disturbingly honest and usually involves a surgical scalpel.
So, stop behaving like a limp-wristed fruit picker and, instead, buy this book. Become what you were always destined to be: a warrior, a winner... a psychopath!
Geraint Anderson is a genuine phenomenon.
Ever since he wrote his bestselling memoir Cityboy, which followed Geraint as he embarked upon a wildly successful (and not at all fraudulent) investment banking career, publishers have been begging him to reveal how he climbed the corporate ladder with such ease. Did he achieve his remarkable brilliance through diligence and hard work?
No, he did so because he is a psychopath.
In this remarkable book, Geraint explains that the world is rapidly becoming such a brutal place that soon it will only be psychopaths who succeed - whether the aim is to become top dog in business, politics or, indeed, the clergy. Within these pages, you will quickly learn how to think like a stone-cold killer and, in so doing, become the very worst version of yourself.
This is the first book of its kind - a realistic manual that explains exactly how to be a winner in today's dog-eat-dog capitalist world. You may not like a lot of what Geraint has to say, but that's only because it's radical, disturbingly honest and usually involves a surgical scalpel.
So, stop behaving like a limp-wristed fruit picker and, instead, buy this book. Become what you were always destined to be: a warrior, a winner... a psychopath!
Reviews / Votes
Riotous and absolutely hilarious - unputdownable -- Howard S. Marks, author * The Most Important Thing * As a primer to back-stabbing, bullying, drug-taking, gambling, boozing, lap-dancing, this takes some beating * Evening Standard * An undeniably slick and entertaining read * Sunday Business Post *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Canelo
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83598-456-7 (9781835984567)
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August Books
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Person
Geraint Anderson is a former City of London analyst, newspaper columnist and author, best known for his 'City Boy' column in The London Paper and his follow-up 'memoir' Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile, which sold almost 200,000 copies and spent weeks on the Sunday Times bestsellers list.