Douglas Coupland, John Niven and Nick Harkaway have all been chosen in ShortList magazine’s list ‘The 50 Books Every Man Should Own’.

The list also has a feature by Nick Harakaway in which he praises Josh Bazell’s Beat the Reaper, published by Hutchinson ealier this year, and Windmill in 2010: ‘Bazell’s a pretty good contender for Raymond Chandler’s crown…I was consumed with envy reading this one; it’s so damn good.’

ShortList called Harkaway’s The Gone-Away World a ’superlative debut…proof of a glittering talent’, whilst in Kill Your Friends ‘Niven’s dry, black humour and caustic wit keep the laughs coming in what is a truly coruscating, darkly hilarious account of the music industry, written by one of its own.’

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