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Starter For Ten
ISBN/GTIN

Starter For Ten

PaperbackPaperback
Ranking795222inBelletristik
CHF18.90

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___Out now: David Nicholls's new novel YOU ARE HERE___
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
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-340-73487-2
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
Publishing date19/07/2004
Seriesflame
Pages383 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 128 mm, Height 198 mm, Thickness 30 mm
Weight290 g
Article no.2107115
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.1232037
Product groupBelletristik
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Author

David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David.