Zwei Väter: Roman

by John Niven, Stephan Glietsch (Translator)

Zwei Väter aus verschiedenen Welten, die für ihre Söhne nur das Beste wollen - SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autor John Niven mit einem grandiosen neuen Roman

Zwei Väter auf einer überfüllten Entbindungsstation in Hier treffen Dan, prominenter Fernsehautor, der zum ersten Mal Vater geworden ist, und Jada, Kleinkrimineller mit fünf (oder sind es inzwischen schon sechs?!) Kindern aufeinander. Ihre Leben könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein. Während Dan vom literarischen Durchbruch träumt, plant Jada seinen letzten kriminellen Coup, um sich danach zur Ruhe zu setzen. Durch eine dramatische Wendung des Schicksals kreuzen sich die Lebenswege der beiden Männer immer wieder – und plötzlich werden sie fast so etwas wie Verbündete. Mit schwarzem Humor und gleichzeitig großer emotionaler Tiefe erzählt John Niven von Vaterschaft, Männlichkeit, Klassenunterschieden und Verlust. »Zwei Väter« ist ein scharfsichtiger, beißend komischer Gesellschaftsroman über zwei Männer, die alles verlieren müssen, um sich selbst zu finden.

441 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 29, 2026

About the author

Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Niven read English Literature at Glasgow University, graduating in 1991 with First Class honours. For the next ten years, he worked for a variety of record companies, including London Records and Independiente. He left the music industry to write full time in 2002 and published his debut novella Music from Big Pink in 2005 (Continuum Press). The novella was optioned for the screen by CC Films with a script has been written by English playwright Jez Butterworth. Niven's breakthrough novel Kill Your Friends is a satire of the music business, based on his brief career in A&R, during which he passed up the chance to sign Coldplay and Muse. The novel was published by William Heinemann in 2008 and achieved much acclaim, with Word magazine describing it as "possibly the best British Novel since Trainspotting". It has been translated into seven languages and was a bestseller in Britain and Germany. Niven has since published The Amateurs (2009), The Second Coming (2011), Cold Hands (2012) and Straight White Male (2013).

He also writes original screenplays with writing partner Nick Ball, the younger brother of British TV presenter Zoë Ball. His journalistic contributions to newspapers and magazines include a monthly column for Q magazine, entitled "London Kills Me". In 2009 Niven wrote a controversial article for The Independent newspaper where he attacked the media's largely complacent coverage of Michael Jackson's death.

Niven lives in Buckinghamshire with his fiancee and infant daughter. He has a teenage son from a previous marriage.