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Jon Stock

@jsthrillers.bsky.social

The Sleep Room and spy thrillers - Dead Spy Running - as Jon Stock; psychological thrillers - Find Me, No Place To Hide - as JS Monroe

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Lovely evening in Marlborough celebrating The Sleep Room by @jsthrillers.bsky.social - it looks like such a brilliant read! Definitely one to check out, there's been so much buzz about this #BookSky

10.04.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are horrible psychiatrists irresistible to follow?

Today's forthcoming-book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @jsthrillers.bsky.social!

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02.04.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – haunting accounts of horrific medical abuse A book about psychiatrist William Sargant’s unethical treatments at a London hospital in the 1960s is all the more powerful for its vivid patient testimonies

A pleasure to review The Sleep Room in today’s Observer.

Psychiatry has come so far since the horrific days of mass ECT & lobotomy, as depicted with devastating effect in @jsthrillers.bsky.social's new biography of Dr William Sargant, their British cheerleader.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

30.03.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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While researching at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social yesterday, I came across, quite by chance, a review in Class War of my first novel, The Riot Act (1997). β€œAll in all, total bollocks. It will probably be on telly by the end of the year.” Adding it to Amazon now!

22.11.2024 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Sleep Room, my first non-fiction book, will be published in 2025 by Little, Brown (UK) and by Abrams (US). It foregrounds the brave victims of Dr William Sargant, a brutal 1960s psychiatrist. Looking forward to sharing their remarkable stories - and exposing Sargant’s methods - on @bsky.app.

16.11.2024 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0