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Sociopath

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Sociopath

By: Patric Gagne
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WINNER OF AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS

Read by the author, Patric Gagne.

'Deliciously wicked and insightful.' - The Guardian

'Addictively page-turning.' - The Telegraph

'Thought-provoking and surprisingly life-affirming.' - Cosmopolitan

Sociopath: A Memoir is the astoundingly honest true story of a life lived on the edge of the law, and a fascinating account of one woman’s battle to understand her diagnosis. Jaw-dropping, moving and illuminating, it will challenge everything you thought you knew about sociopathy.

'Your friends would probably describe me as nice. But guess what? I can't stand your friends. I'm a liar. I'm a thief. I'm highly manipulative. I don't care what other people think. I'm capable of almost anything.'

From stabbing elementary school classmates with pencils to stealing car keys from fellow frat party guests and joyriding around her college town, to breaking and entering, even stalking, Patric Gagne doesn’t hold back when it comes to describing the behaviour that, eventually, made her realize she is a sociopath.

But her discovery forced her to question the official descriptions of sociopathy. After all, she had a plan for her life, had nurtured close relationships and was doing her best (most of the time) to avoid harming others.

While her darker impulses warred against her attempts to live a settled, loving life with her partner, Patric began to wonder – was there a way for sociopaths to integrate happily into society? And could she find it before her own behaviour went a step too far?

'Surprising, thoughtful and deeply personal.' – Pandora Sykes

'Arresting and addictive.' - The Times

'She is compelling, like a movie character – a sociopath who’s beautiful, warm and funny, articulate and charming' - The Guardian

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Critic reviews

Deliciously wicked and insightful
Arresting and addictive
Thought-provoking and surprisingly life-affirming
A surprising, thoughtful and deeply personal exploration of what it means to be a sociopath (Pandora Sykes)
A fascinating memoir
[A] remarkable and scandalously entertaining memoir . . . addictively page-turning book
She is compelling, like a movie character – a sociopath who’s beautiful, warm and funny, articulate and charming
She [Patric Gagne] not only tells her extraordinary story, she also... urges us to be more understanding of sociopaths
A heart-rending account of a lonely child growing up into a lonely adult, misunderstood and unable to connect with people…
Jaw-dropping
No review can really do justice to the depth and nuance of this entertaining, empathy-stirring read... this is eye-opening, informative and surprising in equal measure
All stars
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The author is so captivated by the fact that she’s a sociopath, she reminds us of the fact virtually every other sentence once she starts writing about her teens onwards.
It’s infuriating, as she does actually make some interesting points which challenge all our popular assumptions and gives us an insight as to why people with sociopathy behave the way they do.
I think the idea that as there is a spectrum we’re all on in terms of empathy/guilt/remorse et al is a valid one. But she is so unbearably self-aggrandising and wise-cracking that it’s hard to find the wheat in all the chaff. Gagne has a very cheesy, clichéd way of describing herself which suggests her emotional maturity is still evolving. Fair enough, given her subject matter. It’s just hard to care after a while. More academic rigor (this reads like a lazy, self-indulgent teenage diary) would be welcome and much, much less of the tedious, pointless conversations with her equally unlikeable colleagues in the music industry. After all, if she wants the world to seriously reevaluate its ideas of sociopathy, psychopathy and antisocial behaviour disorders, it would be a start if she provided some citations, regardless of the fact that this is a memoir not a medical study.
As for her husband, I can’t believe he exists as she depicts him. A tech whizz (without being a tech bro), he is Labrador-loyal, devoted, and entirely one dimensional.
The book would have greatly benefited by being cut by 75%. I don’t know what her editor was thinking.

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I don’t think there’s ever been an author I’d more like to spend an evening discussing life with than Patric Gagne. This was a fascinating and enthralling listen.

I am not a Sociopath, in fact quite the opposite; I struggle with feeling things too deeply - often to a point of overwhelm. On so many levels though Patric’s words resonated; the way she thinks, building logic and ‘rules’ from a very young age - I’ve never heard anyone else speak of such things and in so many ways I identified with her story. Her quest to understand herself and the years of work she put into it are phenomenal. All the more so in a world that can be so fundamentally against people like her.

Her story is clever, engaging, and brilliantly narrated by Patric herself. A must read for anyone who identifies with the term Sociopath or loves someone who does, and essential for anyone in the field of psychology.

A wonderful insight into a different mind, and an important reminder that we are all just humans trying to find our way in this crazy world. This woman is my new hero.

A brilliant mind.

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I thoroughly enjoy this book & having felt I live with a few sociopaths I found it gave me a greater understanding of how different peoples’ brains tick. I could also emphasise with them! I especially enjoyed the dialogue sections in the book which I felt were superbly written & narrated.

A fascinating honest insight into what it is to be a sociopath

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Absolutely loved this memoir. The way it’s written is enthralling, I literally couldn’t stop listening to it. And having a better understanding of sociopathy is truly fascinating. I feel very differently about the word sociopath now. Thank you so much for sharing your story in such a clear and engaging way 🙏

Fascinating

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This was a fascinating book to listen too and the narration by the author made it really authentic. I’ve learned so much and had a few myths dispelled too!

So insightful

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