Straight White Male (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802123039)

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 script writers, he is drinking, insulting and philandering his way through LA, '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'.

STRAIGHT WHITE MALE is a wildly funny and whip smart tale of Kennedy's transatlantic misadventures. It's an uninhibited and heartfelt look at the mid-life crisis of a lovable rogue.

Author: John Niven
ISBN-10: 0802123031
ISBN-13: 9780802123039
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Language: English
Published: 10/07/2014
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/23/2014
Library Journal 09/15/2014 pg. 69
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2014
Entertainment Weekly 10/24/2014 pg. 69