written by Dizzy1 on 07/12/2010
This book is truly amazing, it is by far the best comedic book I have ever read. Some of the musical references made I did not get as I was not born in that period. However the rest of the book had me in stitches, once I picked this book up I could not put it down, I would easily stay up all night just reading this.
This is the book I recommend to everyone who tells me they like reading books, every person ive given this book to have loved it. It is a very witty book and dark in some places.
written by Harriet Klausner on 10/11/2008
Kill Your Friends
John Niven
Harper, Jan 2009, $14.99
ISBN: 0061690619
In 1997 A&R guru twenty-seven year old Steven Stelfox suffers from the modern day deadly sins of arrogance, gluttony due to drug abuse and avarice. He rises rather quickly to the top of the music industry the phenomenal success of one act that makes it for every ten he finds. However, as the alcohol, cocaine and orgies pile on; he goes into a slump as the successes suddenly go empty. He owes a fortune and has no prospects back to the top as he is down near the bottom and sinking into the ooze below.
Angry, acrimoniously, and acidly, Steven despises everyone as he blames their jealousy for his fall from grace, but also loathes himself for failing to find the next hit wonder. With his ego still super, Steven is also paranoid that his friends are using and abusing him costing him his career. He ponders cleaning up in order to kill the competition and finding a hit to refuel his dying career.
This is a weird but entertaining satirical look at the British music industry. Stelfox is a fascinating character as he self destructs with fame and fortune, but blames others while plotting his comeback as he considers a few corpses on his climb back to the top of the A&R discovery world do not matter. John Niven provides a dark insider look at the music mega business in which cutthroat backstabbing even friends is the norm.
Harriet Klausner
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Written on: 18/07/2011
A good book