- Published: 5 November 2015
- ISBN: 9781473507968
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: Audio Download
- Length: 10 hr 29 min
- Narrator: Angus King
- RRP: $22.99
The Amateurs
- Published: 5 November 2015
- ISBN: 9781473507968
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: Audio Download
- Length: 10 hr 29 min
- Narrator: Angus King
- RRP: $22.99
I laughed out loud more times than I can remember. Niven's ear for dialogue, particularly the foulmouthed, is fantastic. Who would have thought that "Golf meets Gangsters in Ayrshire" would work? But it does - in spades
A novel about golf that is not only hilarious, but gripping, sexy, violent and outrageous...Niven combines his increasingly bizarre plots, and some shocking behaviour, with considerable skill and, of course, large helpings of humour
Daily Mirror
A story so completely filmic you will yell 'it's Gregory's Girl meets Local Hero with weapons-grade swearing!' while still sat in your armchair. Brilliantly funny too
Word
Believe it or not, this novel makes golf look interesting. Trust me. This is a writer who could wring laughs out of pretty well anything... Hilarious
The Times
Peppered with brilliant moments
GQ
Screamingly funny...beneath the rough surface of effing and blinding lies a surprisingly sweet story of family, friendship and romance....uproarious entertainment...Unlike the amateurs in his plot, Niven's prose is executed with the comic timing of a pro. He gets the golf right, and just about everything else too
Scotsman
Niven is a very funny writer and the pace and colourful characters recall the dizzying daftness of early Carl Hiaasen
Evening Herald (Ireland)
A book that's impossible to put down
Sport Magazine
The most riotously funny writing on golf, sex and violence since the police report on a certain golfer's marital dispute
News of the World