THE RELUCTANT NARCISSIST, confessions of a wounded man

237pp., paperback, Mercury, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781990956805

Devon Brough discusses how growing up feeling unwanted, unseen and unworthy led to a life of addiction and emotional manipulation. He explores feelings of shame and how, desperate to be liked, admired and in control, he performed vulnerability, weaponised charm and mistook power for intimacy.

He also offers ways to identify signs of subtle narcissistic behaviour in yourself and others and build safe love rather than performative closeness.

Devon Brough is a motivational speaker, transformational coach and property developer.