John Niven

Meet Steven Stelfox. London 1997: New Labour is sweeping into power and Britpop is at its zenith. AandR man Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music industry, fuelled by greed and inhuman quantities of cocaine, searching for the next hit record amid a relentless orgy of self-gratification. But as the hits dry up and the industry begins to change, Stelfox must take the notion of cutthroat business practices to murderous new levels in a desperate attempt to salvage his career.

Kill Your Friends

Varol Aksoy

nasıl böyle bir hata yaptım ve aldım anlamıyorum. sevmedim.

Meet Steven Stelfox. London 1997: New Labour is sweeping into power and Britpop is at its zenith. A&R man Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music industry, fuelled by greed and inhuman quantities of cocaine, searching for the next hit record amid a relentless orgy of self-gratification. But as the hits dry up and the industry begins to change, Stelfox must take the notion of cut throat business practices to murderous new levels in a desperate attempt to salvage his career.

Richard Binder

I guess if you want to know what the bastard child of Nick Hornby and Bret Easton Ellis would sound like if you locked him in a basement with nothing but crystal meth and a never-ending Spotify list of Britpop, this might be worth a read. Well-written and really, really black -- like, none more black -- but not a lot of fun at all.

Manoek Lambregts

Racism and sexism aren't funny. Ever. It's not 'dark humor', it's lack of respect and basic manners. And I see that the main character is presented as an absolute ass, but it's just a little too much and he gets away with his bullshit. Luckily it's not all bad. The parts I like about the book is the story line and how accurate some things are for some places and people: the arrogance, the lying, the rivalry. Not only at record labels, but in the music industry all around.

So wahr mir Mord helfe Erfolg um jeden Preis. Steven Stelfox ist AR-Manager in einer grossen Plattenfirma, immer auf der Suche nach dem nächsten Hit, immer am oberen Level. Doch als die Erfolge ausbleiben, greift er zu radikalen Mitteln. Plötzlich verwandeln sich die guten Freunde in Todfeinde. In einer Welt, in der sich die Protagonisten krampfhaft über Sex, Drugs Rock 'n' Roll definieren, gerät sein Leben zunehmend ausser Kontrolle. Die Folgen sind verheerend. Der ultimative Roman zum Untergang der Musikindustrie Der Autor war selbst jahrelang als AR-Manager tätig Endlich ein Kultroman, der das Prädikat verdient John Niven, geboren in Ayrshire im Südwesten Schottlands, spielte in den Achtzigern Gitarre bei der Indieband The Wishing Stones, studierte dann Englische Literatur in Glasgow und arbeitete schliesslich in den Neunzigern als AR-Manager einer Plattenfirma, bevor er sich 2002 dem Schreiben zuwandte. 2006 erschien sein erstes Buch, die halbfiktionale Novelle Music from Big Pink über Bob Dylan und The Band in Woodstock; 2008 landete er mit dem Roman Kill Your Friends - einer rabenschwarzen Satire auf die Musikindustrie - einen internationalen Bestseller. Es folgten die Romane Coma, Gott bewahre und Das Gebot der Rache. John Niven schreibt ausserdem Drehbücher. Er lebt derzeit in Buckinghamshire, England.

Kill Your Friends

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