Now in paperback, this is a sharp satire on friendship, ageing, the English middle-classes and the housing bubble. From the author of "Kill Your Friends", which was recently adapted into a film. von Niven, John

GARY is a sweet and decent man. Only two things would improve his life - having children with his gorgeous wife Pauline, and a lower golf handicap. Both are unlikely.PAULINE is wondering how she ended up living in an ugly little house,...

The bestselling author of "Kill Your Friends" and "Straight White Male" follows two childhood best friends as one encounters the other begging for change and proceeds to take him in for a few nights to enjoy the comforts of a relatively...

John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire. He is the author of the novella Music from Big Pink and the novels Kill Your Friends, The Amateurs, The Second Coming, Cold Hands, Straight White Male, The Sunshine Cruise Company and No Good...