David Nicholls
Starter for ten

2004 | Nakladatelství Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

The debut bestseller from the author of the phenomenally successfully ONE DAY and Man Booker longlisted US. STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. 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? The debut bestseller from the author of the phenomenally successfully ONE DAY and Man Booker longlisted US. STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference b…etween knowledge and wisdom. 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?

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	473
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	0340734876
ISBN:	9780340734872
Edice:	A flame paperback
Vydáno v:	London
Vystaveno:	30. 3. 2026 18:20
Číslo položky:	1681325

O autorovi

David Nicholls

Anglický spisovatel a scénárista. Narodil se v roce 1966 jako prostřední ze tří sourozenců. V letech 1983 až 1985 studoval angličtinu a dramatické a divadelní umění na univerzitě v Eastleigh v Hampshire, hrál také různé role ve školních divadelních představeních. Dále studoval na universitě v Bristolu, kde získal v roce 1983 titul bakaláře angličtiny a dramatického umění. Herecké zkušenosti získal též v newyorské American Musical and Dramatic Academy. V 80tých a 90tých letech se živil jako profesionální herec pod pseudonymem David Holdaway, dostal menší role v různých divadlech, např. West Yorkshire Playhouse a 3 roky hrál také v londýnském Národním divadle.

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