Straight White Male: A Novel
Oct 2014 · Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
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From the bestselling author of Kill Your Friends, a wildly funny look at the midlife crisis of a loveable rogue. "A high-octane novel of excess" (Ian Rankin).
Irish novelist Kennedy Marr is a first rate bad boy. When he is not earning a fortune as one of Hollywood's most sought after scriptwriters, he is drinking, insulting, and philandering his way through Los Angeles, 'successfully debunking the myth that men are unable to multitask.' He is loved by many women, but loathed by even more including ex-wives on both sides of the pond.
Kennedy's appetite for trouble is insatiable, but when he discovers that he owes 1.4 million dollars in back taxes, it seems his outrageous, hedonistic lifestyle may not be as sustainable as he thought. Forced to accept a teaching position at sleepy Deeping University, where his ex-wife and teenaged daughter now reside, Kennedy returns to England with a paper trail of tabloid headlines and scorned starlets hot on his bespoke heels. However, as he acclimatizes to the quaint campus Kennedy is forced to reconsider his laddish lifestyle. Incredible as it may seem, there might actually be a father and a teacher lurking inside this 'preening, narcissistic, priapic sociopath'.
"A sharp and knowing satire of the film industry, publishing and academia." — The Guardian
Irish novelist Kennedy Marr is a first rate bad boy. When he is not earning a fortune as one of Hollywood's most sought after scriptwriters, he is drinking, insulting, and philandering his way through Los Angeles, 'successfully debunking the myth that men are unable to multitask.' He is loved by many women, but loathed by even more including ex-wives on both sides of the pond.
Kennedy's appetite for trouble is insatiable, but when he discovers that he owes 1.4 million dollars in back taxes, it seems his outrageous, hedonistic lifestyle may not be as sustainable as he thought. Forced to accept a teaching position at sleepy Deeping University, where his ex-wife and teenaged daughter now reside, Kennedy returns to England with a paper trail of tabloid headlines and scorned starlets hot on his bespoke heels. However, as he acclimatizes to the quaint campus Kennedy is forced to reconsider his laddish lifestyle. Incredible as it may seem, there might actually be a father and a teacher lurking inside this 'preening, narcissistic, priapic sociopath'.
"A sharp and knowing satire of the film industry, publishing and academia." — The Guardian
From the bestselling author of Kill Your Friends, a wildly funny look at the midlife crisis of a loveable rogue. "A high-octane novel of excess" (Ian Rankin).
Irish novelist Kennedy Marr is a first rate bad boy. When he is not earning a fortune as one of Hollywood's most sought after scriptwrit...
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John Niven was born in Scotland. He is the author of six novels including Kill Your Friends and The Second Coming. He lives in England.
John Niven was born in Scotland. He is the author of six novels including Kill Your Friends and The Second Coming. He lives in England.
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