O Brother

‘Oh my God, this book! O Brother feels like war-level reportage from the nuclear-blast that suicide inflicts on a family. [… ] The honesty is unflinching, the humour night-black, and yet the sheer energy and power of the writing means you can, as I did, inhale it in just two sittings [… ]. A book whose genuine importance is only equaled by its sheer, visceral, compulsive readability’ - Caitlin Moran‘Absurdly well-written, painfully funny and painfully painful’ - Adam Kay‘O Brother is an extraordinary memoir; as devastating as it is colourful, forensic in its examination of family dynamics and oh so beautifully written. I earmarked so many pages that my copy doubled in width. Do not read the final chapter without a box of tissues’ - Jojo Moyes‘Heartbreaking and heartwarming’ - Will Young‘This is a work of scalding honesty and candour which explores the devastating impact of suicide on a family … An act of remembrance and a testimony to his brother […]. Transcendent power and anguish, shot through with brilliant humour and insight. I couldn’t put it down’ - Sali Hughes

John Niven is the author of eleven books, including Kill Your Friends, The Second Coming and Straight White Male. As a screenwriter his credits include The Trip, Kill Your Friends and How to Build a Girl. O Brother is his first non-fiction book.