{"id":822,"date":"2008-06-06T22:04:18","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T21:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/?p=822"},"modified":"2025-08-31T14:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:52:26","slug":"the-joys-of-work-excerpts-of-the-book-by-jake-heretic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/the-joys-of-work-excerpts-of-the-book-by-jake-heretic\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Joys Of Work’ by Jake Heretic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Author\u2019s history:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Baron Von Zubb A.K.A Rich Kid A.K.A Jake Heretic\u2019s parents hailed from Stepney but by the time he was born they\u2019d left that all behind and joined the ranks of northwest London\u2019s middle classes. Nice.<\/p>\n

This rather bored our Baron so after being expelled from school, squatting, punk rock anarchism, heroin and general delinquency as chronicled in the book, Baron went to Asia for several years. There he worked as a small time smuggler, a tailors tout, a film extra and drug dealer.<\/p>\n

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He has travelled overland to Asia 3 times, smoking opium and drinking alcohol in the Ayatollahs Iran, visited the closed area in Pakistan that is now home to enemy number one Mr. Bin Laden and spent 3 months at The King of Thailand\u2019s pleasure in Klong Prem jail.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s lived for months under trees on beaches and swam in the planets cleanest jungle streams in India and Malaysia<\/p>\n

His long suffering partner Kay and him organized and actualized a small relief project in the immediate aftermath of Sri Lankas tsunami.<\/p>\n

They now live in Brighton, have two nieces and a nephew to keep them sane, are trying to be middle aged and eat masalla dosa weekly.<\/p>\n

They visit Asia every winter.<\/p>\n

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Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018The Joys of Work\u2019, by Baron Von Zubb; the story of one kids journey from a nullifying suburban background to the revolutionary barricades of post Thatcherite Britain.<\/p>\n

Via getting expelled from school, punk rock, squatting drugs, crime, autonomist politics, and the 1981 summer uprisings in Britain\u2019s inner cities, the book chronicles an alternate history of the times.<\/p>\n

Written as I travelled in Asia in the mid 1980\u2019s, it was intended to be the first in a trilogy of books, the following two postulating alternate futures, ironically thanks to global warming, based on environmental and societal collapse.<\/p>\n

My nomadic lifestyle meant that too many copies just got lost on the way so along with the rejections of \u2018The Joys of Work\u2019.<\/p>\n

I called it a day.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Mickey Penguin and all The K.Y.P.P. crew for putting this up.<\/p>\n

The first r<\/strong><\/b>eviews for Baron Von Zubb\u2019s book \u2018The Joys Of Work\u2019<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n

ISBN: 9781409245964<\/strong> available from lulu.com or Amazon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found that reading this book whilst listening to\u00a0bass heavy JA\u00a0Dub and militant steppers reggae music\u00a0is the perfect way to entertain ones self on a Sunday afternoon and I would recommend anyone else to experience this combination\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs Klunkworthy (aged 80), Richmond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis book will change your life, it did mine\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr J Saltiel, Garageland on Thames.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo on give it to \u2019em my son, loved the plod bashing parts, very early eighties\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnny Reggae, Hackney, London.<\/p>\n

\u201cA rollercoaster romp through difficult times \u2013 no sympathy for these people\u2026the characters in this book all deserve a good thrashing and a stint in Her Majesty\u2019s Armed Forces\u201d<\/p>\n

Major Tom, Ground Control, Ealing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn alternative punk squat social history concerning the late 1970\u2019s and early 1980\u2019s written by someone who was there, I thought it was great \u2013 a modern day Dickensian tale of strife.<\/p>\n

Thatcher, Downing Street squatter 1979 \u2013 1990<\/p>\n

\u201cCall this a birthday present? For fucks sake\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Iain Aitch, Harringey, London<\/p>\n

The following books are published, recommended and available:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A.K.A. Martin Wright: Anti Fascist Action street fights in London and elsewhere during the 1970\u2019s > ISBN 094898435X<\/p>\n

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A.K.A Daniel Wright: Thieving, drug taking, homelessness in London, true account of Martin Wrights (above) deceased brother > ISBN 1871593212<\/p>\n

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A.K.A. Bob from Blood And Roses: Early punk days in Australia, thieving, drug taking, homelessness in London, true account by Bob Short (not deceased, surprising if you read it!) > ISBN 9780975825846<\/p>\n

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A.K.A. Nick from Rudimentary Peni: Semi autobiography, shyness and fragile ego, punk, depression > ISBN 0952574403<\/p>\n

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A.K.A. Sian from The Lost Cherries \/ Blyth Power: Squatting in Brixton, gigs, crusties, lost loves, Tinsel and even \u2018Mickey Penguin\u2019 is mentioned a couple of times in this book > ISBN 1412026814<\/p>\n

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