‘I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.’ - Elvis Presley Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in the music bizz? Well, Kill Your Friends, a book written by John Niven, will give you a shocking and wildly comical insight. Set in the 90s when Brit Pop was at its peak, twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music industry, a world where ‘no one knows anything’ and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Pumped with narcotics and a thirst for success, Stelfox charges through the industry trying to find the next big thing. As time goes by, the industry begins to change before Stelfox’s eyes. He begins to lose a grip on his career and is forced to sink to new lows in an attempt to save his livelihood. Kill Your Friends is a dark, satirical and hysterically funny exposé of the music business, a place populated by frauds, charlatans and bluffers, where talent means nothing, ambition means everything, and anything can be achieved – as long as you want it badly enough. Born in Scotland, author of Kill Your Friends, John Niven, played guitar for 1980s Indie hopefuls the Wishing Stones before reading English Literature at Glasgow University and going on to work as an A&R man in London. He escaped while he still could, to write full time, and is the author of the novella Music From the Big Pink. Kill Your Friends is his first novel. Kill Your Friends by John Niven is published in trade paperback by William Heinemann on 7 February 2008 at £12.99 We have two copies of Kill Your Friends up for grabs, plus two T-Shirts. To enter our competition, simply leave a comment below and tell us who your favourite musician is at the moment and why. If you need some inspiration, take a look at Seatwave's Listngs. The winner will be picked at random and notified by email.