Straight White Male by John NivenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm a big John Niven fan and have now read all his novels except for his thriller Cold Hands. Kill Your Friends was an amazing debut, like a British American Psycho, I liked it so much that I didn't think he could better it. Then I read his next novel The Second Coming and thought that was equally as good. His third novel The Amateurs was also good but I didn't enjoy it quite as much as his first two, so I wasn't sure what to expect from Straight White Male.
There's a quote from Catlin Moran on the cover: "I cried three times and laughed fifty. Magnificent." That's quite a cover quote to live up to but the book does so and more. I came close to crying three times and I lost count the number of times I LOL'd (or at least inwardly smirked to myself).
Niven's writing about the minds of men is magnificent. Some of his phrases are stunning, especially when he writes about the wiring of men. I didn't think it would be possible after his debut but Straight White Male is the best thing John Niven has written and is one of the best novels I've read for years.
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