Author: John Niven

Cites

• John Updike (1)
  • IN: The Amateur (2009) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Here, in Scotland, golf was not an accessory to life, drawing upon one's marginal energy; it was life, played out of the centre of one's being.
    FROM: Farrell's Caddie, (1991), Short story, US
• Frederick Exley (1)
  • IN: The Amateur (2009) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: He rallied, my tears being in unsurpassably bad taste, and said, "Look here, it's only a game." Trying to speak softly so the children wouldn't hear, I said, "Fuck you!"
    FROM: A Fan's Notes, (1968), Novel, US
• NULL (1)
  • IN: No Good Deed (2017) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: No good deed goes unpunished.
    FROM: Old Proverb, (None), Proverb, NULL
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1)
  • IN: No Good Deed (2017) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's good luck.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, US