Starter for Ten
Author: David Nicholls
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…..Read More
8 Books Similar to Starter for Ten
One Day
It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. But after only one day… Continue Reading Posted in: England, Fiction, Humorous Stories
Stuart: A Life Backwards
A unique biography of a homeless man and a complete portrait of the hidden underclass. 'So here it is, my attempt at the story of Stuart Shorter, thief, hostage taker,… Continue Reading Posted in: Author Biographies, Bibliography, Biographies & Memoirs of Authors, Case Reports, Muscular Dystrophies
Us
Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date and eventually into marriage. Now,… Continue Reading Posted in: British & Irish Literary Fiction, England, Humorous Literary Fiction, Novel, Text
Bad Blood: A Memoir
From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders, through her adolescence, leaving herself teetering on the brink of the 1960s, Lorna Sage brings to life… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographies, Biography, Families, Studies
About a Boy
Will is thirty-six but acts like a teenager. He reads the right magazines, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also discovered a great way… Continue Reading Posted in: Boys, Fiction, Humorous Literary Fiction, Humorous Stories, Literary Satire Fiction
Fruit of the Lemon
Faith Jackson fixes herself up with a great job in TV and the perfect flatshare. But neither is that perfect - and nor are her relations with her overbearing, though… Continue Reading Posted in: Blacks Race Identity, Fiction, Garifuna Women, Genealogy, Literary Fiction
One Hit Wonderland
It's 1988 and radios across the land blast out the Top Ten hit 'Stutter Rap' by Morris Minor and the Majors. The man behind the fake moustache is Tony Hawks.Fast… Continue Reading Posted in: Humor Essays, Pop Culture Music
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.