Kill Your Friends: A Novel by John Niven (English) Paperback Book

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A vicious, black-hearted howl of a book . . . A realistic portrait of the music industry, doing for it what "The Player" did for Hollywood. . . . Cripplingly funny in the way that only the very darkest comedy can be.--Chris Power, "The Times" (London).

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

AS the twentieth century breathes its very last, with Britpop at its zenith, twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through London's music industry. Blithely crisscrossing the globe in search of the next megahit--fueled by greed and inhuman quantities of cocaine--Stelfox freely indulges in an unending orgy of self-gratification. But the industry is changing fast and the hits are drying up, and the only way he's going to salvage his sagging career is by taking the idea of "cutthroat" to murderous new levels.

Author Biography

John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. He has written for The Times (London), The Independent, Word, and FHM, among others. He is the author of the novella Music from Big Pink and the novel Kill Your Friends.

Review

"I loved Kill Your Friends. Who didn't? Scorched earth humor at its finest." -- Douglas Coupland, author of Microserfs"Hilariously dark and satirical." -- Library Journal"A very dark, viciously funny novel." -- Booklist"This is not for the easily offended, but readers with at least a slightly deranged bent will have a ball." -- Publishers Weekly"Kill Your Friends is the most exciting British novel since Trainspotting." -- Word magazine"Like the product of an unholy union between Bret Easton Ellis and Martin Amis...the reader is alternately shocked and left crying with laughter." -- Bookseller (London)

Review Quote

"This is not for the easily offended, but readers with at least a slightly deranged bent will have a ball."

Details ISBN0061690619 Author John Niven Pages 352 Series P.S. (Paperback) Language English ISBN-10 0061690619 ISBN-13 9780061690617 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Short Title KILL YOUR FRIENDS REV/E DOI 10.1604/9780061690617 Subtitle A Novel Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2008-12-30 NZ Release Date 2008-12-30 US Release Date 2008-12-30 UK Release Date 2008-12-30 Illustrations Illustrations, black and white Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Edition Description Revised ed. Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-12-30 Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Audience General Imprint US Harper Perennial Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this

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