Starter for ten : a novel / David Nicholls.
"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 beco...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Villard,
2007.
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| Edition: | 2007 Villard books trade paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | "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." -- Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Great Britain by Hodder and Stoughton, 2003. Originally published under the title 'A Question of Attraction' in the United States by Villard Books. |
| Physical Description: | 338 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0345498127 9780345498120 |