Starter For Ten: The debut novel by the author of ONE DAY

ISBN-13: 9780340734872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 368 str.

David Nicholls

Opis

The year is 1985 and Brian has just started his first term at university, armed with the obligatory CND membership and a complete set of Kate Bush albums. But he also has a dark secret - a burning ambition to appear on University Challenge and now, finally, it seems the dream is about to become reality.

Recenzje

Clever and well-written . . . Nicholls' portrayal of student affectations is accurate and funny Independent

O autorze

David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us and Sweet Sorrow. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. A new Netflix adaptation of One Day will be released in 2024, which David is executive-producing.
David's latest novel, You Are Here, will be published in April 2024 and is available for pre-order now.