{"product_id":"108-psychopaths-and-me-9781806770076","title":"108 Psychopaths and Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if your best friend turned out to be a master of deception? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2005, Jim Phillips set up a marketing company with his best friend. The business grew and prospered but as the contracts rolled in and the client list expanded, his friend's behaviour became increasingly eccentric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then in 2012, everything unravelled in a spectacular fashion. Jim discovered his friend of twenty years had been deceiving him on a scarcely believable scale, weaving a web of lies so complex that it involved assuming the identities of over 100 people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e108 Psychopaths and Me \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale of fraud, betrayal, celebrity (real and imagined), an inexplicable descent into deeply delusional behaviour, fake identities, fake affairs, impersonating banks, judges, doctors, even Chinese ministers, stolen money; millions of pounds worth of imaginary transactions, bailiffs, debt, family rifts, drugs, the faking of terminal cancer and finally arrests and a prison cell (although not for the right person).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Phillips was the dupe in this mind-blowing tale and the book combines a blow-by-blow account of how the nightmare ramped up with a deeper analysis of what had happened to them both and, more importantly, why it had happened at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilton Square Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781806770076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs","brand":"Jim Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195199021237,"sku":"9781806770076","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781806770076.jpg?v=1788273367","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/108-psychopaths-and-me-9781806770076","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}