Starter For Ten

Starter For Ten

by David Nicholls
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/03/2004

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THE DEBUT NOVEL BY BELOVED BESTSELLER DAVID NICHOLLS


A comedy about love, class, growing up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom


'Painfully funny'

ELLE


'Hugely entertaining'

DAILY MAIL


'Wincingly good'

TIME OUT


'Unrivalled'

GLAMOUR


'I laughed a lot'

JEREMY PAXMAN


It's 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition - to make it onto TV's foremost general knowledge quiz. But no sooner has he embarked on 'The Challenge' than he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with his teammate, the beautiful and charismatic would-be actress Alice Harbinson.


When Alice fails to fall for his slightly over-eager charms, Brian comes up with a foolproof plan to capture her heart once and for all: he's going to win the game, at any cost. Because - after all - everyone knows that what a woman really wants from a man is a comprehensive grasp of general knowledge . . .


ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS


'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'

FINANCIAL TIMES


'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'

DAILY TELEGRAPH


'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'

THE TIMES


'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'

EVENING STANDARD


'Genuinely brilliant'

NEW STATESMAN

ISBN:
9781848943995
9781848943995
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-03-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
David Nicholls

David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Us, One Day, Starter For Ten and The Understudy. His novels have sold over 8 million copies worldwide and are published in forty languages. David's fifth novel, Sweet Sorrow, will be published by Hodder in July 2019.

David trained as an actor before making the switch to writing. He is an award-winning screenwriter, with TV credits including the third series of Cold Feet, a much-praised modern version of Much Ado About Nothing, The 7.39 and an adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. David wrote the screenplays for Great Expectations (2012) and Far from the Madding Crowd (2015, starring Carey Mulligan). He has twice been BAFTA nominated and his recent adaptation of Patrick Melrose from the novels by Edward St Aubyn won him an Emmy nomination.

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