by David Nicholls · HODDER STOUGHTON LTD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340924648
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«Starter for Ten» is the novel by David Nicholls, published by Hodder & Stoughton in paperback (496 pages, in English).
Set in 1985, the novel follows Brian Jackson, a university student who dreams of getting onto a general knowledge quiz show on television. His passion for learning and his romantic clumsiness cross paths when he meets Alice Harbinson. A comedy about love, class, maturity, and the difference between knowing and understanding.
The novel was originally published in 2003; this 2006 edition is the version tied to the movie adaptation.
For readers who enjoy British comedy and coming-of-age stories set in the university environment of the eighties.
David Alan Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter. Initially an actor after graduating from college, he became a screenwriter, notably creating the television series Rescue Me (2002) and adaptations of novels, plays, and memoirs. He is the author of six novels.
