Starter for Ten
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4.0 • 707 Ratings
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
From the author of the massive international bestseller One Day and the new Man Booker Prize-longlisted Us, a wonderfully funny novel about love, life and growing up.
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...Starter for Ten is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. Are you up to the challenge of the funniest novel in years?
Customer Reviews
Good read
Everybody knows a Brian. He’s that kid who makes an idiot of himself because he commits to what he thinks is a good idea when it really isn’t.
He acts a bit pretentious sometimes and I found myself learning to like him when I realised it’s just an act, which I think is the point to the book. So that was interesting!
I’ll admit I got a few snorting laughs out of this book. Don’t think I’ll reread it, but I enjoyed it enough to finish it completely which is a good thing by my standards.
A bit like a good friend
An engrossing tale of teenage love and confusion which I really enjoyed. I know that because I looked forward to picking the book up every chance I got to read a few pages and was quite sad when I had finished.
Many Adrian Mole type touches of farce but none the worse for it, well worth the read.
Pure genius.
Absolutely brilliant book. I listened to the audio version which completely immersed me in the protagonist's mind, highly recommend!