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Starter for Ten: A Novel

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Starter for Ten: A Novel

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â€œUtterly charming . . . a big-hearted, flawless coming-of-age tale, as scary and funny as your yearbook picture.â€
â€“People (****/Criticâ€™s Choice)

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

â€œFresh, edgy and very funny . . . [Nicholls] has a talent for droll dialogue and a wonderful sense of the ridiculous.â€
â€“USA Today

â€œStarter for Ten has that elusive Hornby-factor. . . . Itâ€™s wincingly funny . . . a prospect to savour.â€
â€“Arena
Country USA
Brand Nicholls, David
Manufacturer Villard
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780345498120
ReleaseDate 2007-01-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345498120

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