It's All A F*cking Facade

Not a book.

A war-cry. A manifesto.

A F*cking wakeup call.

The Raw Journey to Break Life’s Illusions and Find True Meaning

We don’t think for ourselves as much as we believe we do.

We don’t feel the way we think we should.

We don’t even know what we truly want.

We’re not in control.

What if the story you tell yourself is the biggest façade of them all?

This book doesn’t offer you comfort. It offers you a mirror.

Dare to look?

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It’s All A F*cking Facade is a visceral, brutally honest exploration of
identity, ego, addiction and the illusions that keep us numb. It fuses sharp
psychological insight with grounded philosophical storytelling – told in a voice
that refuses to flinch or offer easy answers.

You won’t get affirmations here.

You’ll get confrontation.

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This is more than a book; it’s an offering. It’s about turning wounds into weapons. Struggle into strength. Pain into power. As the psychotherapist who has walked this path with Matthias, I vouch for this book’s truth and its power to guide readers through their own darkness.
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Dr Charles Cassar

Former President of the European & Maltese Associations for Psychotherapy

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Sharp, unapologetic, and unexpectedly compassionate, the book dismantles self-help conventions with surgical precision. The result is a text that oscillates between confrontation and consolation: at once a punch to the gut and a steadying hand on the shoulder.
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Dr Joseph Agius

Certified European Stuttering Specialist & Public Speaking Trainer

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Keep this book in your lavatory and read it slowly, perhaps even one page at a time. There are only so many illusions we can cope with dispelling in a given week. We need illusions to function and to stay sane, but it is immensely creatively liberating to have the freedom to let them slip from time to time.
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Rory Sutherland

Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK and author of Alchemy

Merging art & storytelling.

Complementing the text are 48 illustrated reflections crafted by Mark Scicluna a brilliant comic book artist and former Rockstar Games artist (GTA Online, Red Dead Redemption, GTA VI).

Each image mirrors the chapters themselves - raw, human, unforgettable.

This isn’t a self-help book. It’s a challenge. For those ready to face it.

192 pages of hard truths and sharper questions.
A project rooted in responsability: 100% ebook royalties go to Richmond Foundation MT and Samaritans UK.
Signed, numbered collector's edition available until stocks last. Each carries a €15 donation split between Richmond Foundation MT and Samaritans UK.

“You’ll want to stop reading. You’ll tell yourself it’s not about you.

That’s how deep the f*cking facade goes.”

Buy the book.

Break the story.

Find what’s real.

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When chaos gets a voice

Narrated by comedian Steve Hili, because even
chaos needs sharp and witty delivery.

Coming soon on audible

How this book was born

Around a decade ago, late at night, in moments of pure, unfiltered chaos, born from pain, anger and deep reflection, I began jotting down notes on different aspects of the human experience. They were meant to be used to make sense of the world around me, and not to be shared.

But in one of those moments, I began transcribing my handwritten pieces digitally, and the book started to take shape. I was immersed in a state of flow, without any structure or outline, seeking my own answers to life’s challenges.

What started as survival became a mirror – one that made me confront every illusion I had built. Perhaps it will do the same for you, helping reveal what is real beneath all the noise and distractions.