The debut bestseller from the author of the phenomenally successfully ONE DAY & Man Booker longlisted US STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love class growing-up & the all-important difference between knowledge & wisdom It's 1985 & 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 & 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 & 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 & the all-important difference between knowledge & wisdom Are you up to the challenge of the funniest novel in years?