“It strikes me as one of nature's greatest jokes that the types of food we all like to eat more than anything (especially in winter) are the very things that cause the most insane weight gain - mounds of fluffy mashed potato, hot, thickly buttered toast, huge, steaming bowls of pasta, great big... actually, I'll stop there.”

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About John Niven

Scottish autobiographer, novelist, playwright and screenwriter

John Niven is a Scottish autobiographer, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He is known for fiction and writing for the stage and screen. His books include Kill Your Friends, The Amateurs, The Second Coming and O Brother. Across his work, he has built a reputation as a sharp, unsparing storyteller who moves between autobiography, novels and drama.

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