Taming Toxic People

Psychopaths are often thought of as killers and criminals, but actually five to ten per cent of people are probably psychopathic without ever indulging in a single criminal act. These everyday psychopaths may be charming in the early stages of relationships or employment but, Gillespie argues, their presence in your life is at best disruptive, and at worst highly dangerous: they will leave you feeling cheated and humiliated, dominating and manipulating you to the point where you question your sanity. Worse, he cautions, at a societal level their tendency to gravitate towards positions of power can be disastrous.Taming Toxic People is a practical guide to restraining that difficult person in your life, be it your boss, your spouse or a parent. But it is also a serious and meticulously researched warning: if we value a free and well-functioning society, we need to rebuild the sense of community that has historically kept the everyday psychopath in check, and we must understand and act to manage the psychopathic behaviour in our midst.

'This compelling study and guidebook is a must-have for anyone who has a psychologically difficult individual in your life.' -- Kim Williams, broadcaster and writer
‘Gillespie is academically gifted, a linguist, excellent at most things heturns his mind to . . . he’s a polymath, an old-fashioned Renaissance man, who finds few things dull and everything else interesting.’ -- Susan Johnson, The Courier Mail

Former corporate lawyer, co-founder of a successful software company and technology investor, David Gillespie is the bestselling author of the Sweet Poison books, Big Fat Lies, Free Schools, Toxic Oil, Eat Real Food, The Eat Real Food Cookbook and Taming Toxic People. He lives in Brisbane with his wife and six children. Sam Haft is a British-Australian actor. Sam grew up in London, where he worked on the BAFTA Award-winning TV series Roger and the Rottentrolls as well as various other appearances for the BBC. Graduating from the full-time acting course at NIDA in 2002, he has since appeared in theatre productions ranging from Little Shop of Horrors to Romeo and Juliet.

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