{"product_id":"into-the-night-9781035004249","title":"Into the Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Told with the verve and immediacy of a novel' - Iain Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vividly told yet reflective account of a year as a volunteer police officer, examining the nature of policing, its impact on those who are policed and on our communal life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA former carer, primary school teacher and education researcher, Matt Lloyd-Rose became a volunteer police officer to try to understand the challenges facing young people in Brixton, the place he lived and taught. He got more than he bargained for. Each Friday evening, he put on the uniform and policed South London: racing through it on blue lights, patrolling its streets, entering a parallel version of a place he thought he knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto the Night\u003c\/i\u003e takes you on a journey to the heart of our society’s most complex and controversial institution, showing the best and worst of ordinary policing: from macho thrill-seeking and shocking misogyny to q\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside the Met, it’s as bad as you think . . . \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e . . . it’s the casual, ubiquitous misogyny that was witnessed by Lloyd-Rose that really chills the blood . . . \u003cb\u003eelegantly written\u003c\/b\u003e -- Richard Morrison * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eWhat’s it really like to patrol the streets of south London as a special constable? Matt Lloyd-Rose’s deadpan account is \u003cb\u003ea revelation\u003c\/b\u003e -- Simon O’Hagan * Radio Times *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecompelling\u003c\/b\u003e snapshot of modern policing -- Andrew Anthony * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrgent \u003c\/b\u003e. . . Lloyd-Rose’s writing is\u003cb\u003e vivid and forensic\u003c\/b\u003e * The Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e . . . The account of what he experienced is \u003cb\u003elyrical, funny and often poignant\u003c\/b\u003e * The Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA work of\u003cb\u003e breathtaking\u003c\/b\u003e social imagination, radiating kindness and wisdom. -- Jay Griffiths, author of \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating, and occasionally disturbing, look at a pivotal time in British policing.\u003c\/b\u003e I used to live down the road from Brixton, where this book is set and it gave me new insight into the area and how we are policed. -- Sally Hayden, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Fourth Time, We Drowned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn important and timely book written with empathy and real life experience\u003c\/b\u003e about policing and the policed . . . Misogyny, racism and bandaids on gaping social wounds - all are catalogued with real care and complexity. If some of it is hard to read, imagine what it was to live. -- Shami Chakrabarti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcutely observed and tenderly written\u003c\/b\u003e, this evocation of the kaleidoscopic human landscape of the city offers \u003cb\u003ea vivid meditation on the nature of community\u003c\/b\u003e and place of care in our society. -- Polly Morland, author of \u003ci\u003eA Fortunate Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003evaluable, direct and honest\u003c\/b\u003e account of a personal journey to the end of the Brixton night, as witness and participant, in the impossible complexity of urban policing.\u003cb\u003e Told with the verve and immediacy of a novel. \u003c\/b\u003eAnd enlivened by regular morning meditations in a street café. -- Iain Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA textured, compassionate book about cities, loss, wounded souls. \u003c\/b\u003eWhat kinds of care has our society outsourced to the police? What could they learn from the work of nurses or teachers? Matt Lloyd-Rose asks so many crucial, haunting questions . . . -- Sukhdev Sandhu\u003cbr\u003e[A] humane and astute account of everyday policing in south London. -- Ian Loader * The TLS *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406674141527,"sku":"9781035004249","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781035004249.jpg?v=1730496731","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/into-the-night-9781035004249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}