<![CDATA[A Question of Attraction: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[A Question of Attraction: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173834113m/333738.jpg 333738 4 The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his ?rst term at university. The usual freshman anxiety over ?tting in is compounded by the gap between his own humble origins and the privileged backgrounds of his better-off classmates. Brian also has a dark secret—a long-held, burning ambition (stoked by his late father) to appear on the wildly popular TV quiz show University Challenge—and now, ?nally, 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 ?rst 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. Reminiscent of such classic coming-of-age works as The Graduate and Goodbye, Columbus, A Question of Attraction marks the literary debut of David Nicholls, one of England’s most highly praised television writers. It is an unforgettable story of love, class, ?nding one’s place in the world, and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. From the Hardcover edition. 2937731 2004 A Question of Attraction: A Novel total:80|5:11|4:29|3:32|2:6|1:2| 80 281 108 10 2 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 15:50:53 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 15:51:51 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Nov 24 07:50:12 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:50:12 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue May 01 10:45:11 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 10:16:30 -0800 2007
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