Books by John Niven and Complete Book Reviews
John Niven, Author . Harper Perennial $14.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-169061-7
With the record industry in turmoil, this thoroughly twisted roman à clef from a former A&R insider couldn’t seem timelier. Set in 1997, this debut novel follows the loathsome and morally bankrupt 27-year-old Steven Stelfox as he...
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John Niven, Author Louisiana State University Press $26.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8071-1451-3
Slaveholder, Senator from South Carolina, secretary of state, secretary of war and vice-president under the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, Calhoun (1782-1850) is portrayed as ambitious but deeply insecure, riven by conflict
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John Niven. Grove/Black Cat, $15 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2303-9
As this boisterous novel from Scottish author Niven (Kill Your Friends) begins, once-promising Irish novelist Kennedy Marr is leading a life of excess in Hollywood, where he squanders his talent working on screenplays because they pay better than...
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