<![CDATA[Starter for Ten: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[Starter for Ten: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171577255m/107896.jpg 107896 11 Now a major motion picture “Utterly charming . . . a big-hearted, flawless coming-of-age tale, as scary and funny as your yearbook picture.” –People (****/Critic’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 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. “Fresh, edgy and very funny . . . [Nicholls] has a talent for droll dialogue and a wonderful sense of the ridiculous.” –USA Today “Starter for Ten has that elusive Hornby-factor. . . . It’s wincingly funny . . . a prospect to savour.” –Arena 1172341 2003 Starter for Ten: A Novel total:215|5:37|4:79|3:67|2:27|1:5| 215 761 317 33 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 03:54:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 04:19:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 10:43:57 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 10:47:32 -0800 2009
I was a bit bored by it, to be honest, though that's not to say I didn't chortle in amusement, or head-nod in sympa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 11:51:44 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 11:50:07 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 00:17:03 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 00:29:47 -0800 2009 very funny book about an English lad during his first year at University. He has all the usual first year mishaps and, partly as a result of "falling in love" with a beautiful undergraduate, joins the team for University Challenge, a British quiz programme based on College Bowl. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 05:45:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 06:03:20 -0700 2008
And while he's there he's planning to go for a place on the University's 'Un...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 20:35:06 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 08:40:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 04:53:30 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 17:44:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Aug 20 12:24:52 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 12:28:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Aug 04 11:27:58 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 08:32:31 -0700 2008
His big ambition is to appea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 01 06:58:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 07:00:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 17:59:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 19:33:29 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Dec 02 03:12:40 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 03:13:52 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 09 10:43:18 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 06:42:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 05:16:17 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 12:41:06 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 19 01:33:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 01:34:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Dec 12 03:46:12 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 03:46:34 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 12 19:12:39 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 12 19:30:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 07 00:38:10 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 00:38:10 -0700 2007
The protagonist, a first year univeristy student, is trying to find his place in the world while trying to maintain friendships from...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 11:13:16 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 11:13:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 01 10:47:35 -0700 2007 Tue May 01 10:51:54 -0700 2007 I found parts of it made me laugh out loud - particularly the parts at Alice's parents' house. But in general I w...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=107896