Starter for Ten by Nicholls, David (9780345498120)

Starter for Ten

by Nicholls, David

Paperback - English

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

"Utterly charming . . . a big-hearted, flawless coming-of-age tale, as scary and funny as your yearbook picture."--People (four stars)

The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his first term at university. He has a dark secret--a long-held, burning ambition to appear on the wildly popular British TV quiz show University Challenge--and now, finally, it seems the dream is about to become reality. He's made the school team, and they've completed the qualifying rounds and are limbering up for their first televised match. (And, what's more, he's fallen head over heels for one of his teammates, the beautiful, brainy, and intimidatingly posh Alice Harbinson.) Life seems perfect and triumph inevitable--but as his world opens up, Brian learns that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

Praise for A Starter for Ten

"Fresh, edgy and very funny . . . David Nicholls] has a talent for droll dialogue and a wonderful sense of the ridiculous."--USA Today

"Starter for Ten has that elusive Hornby-factor. . . . It's wincingly funny . . . a prospect to savour."--Arena

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0345498127

EAN

9780345498120

Publisher

VILLARD

Publication Date

23 Jan 2007

Pages

338

Weight (kg)

0.24

Dimensions (cm)

20.1 x 13.3 x 1.9

About Author

DAVID NICHOLLS is the author of "A Question of Attraction", which sold more than 200,000 copies in the UK under the title "Starter for Ten", and which has been optioned for the screen by Tom Hank's Playtone Productions. He is also a successful television screenwriter, whose credits "Cold Feet" (Bravo) and "Rescue Me", which he also created. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico", starring Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Nick Nolte, and Albert Finney. He lives in London.