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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Villard Books
Publication date
March 8, 2005
Pages
338
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780812971408
ISBN-10
081297140X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$19.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Entering the university on a full scholarship in the mid 1980s, a young middle-class Englishman harbors a secret ambition to appear on a popular television quiz show with the school's team, an endeavor that, once attained, is challenged by his growing feelings for a posh teammate. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his first term at university. The usual freshman anxiety over fitting in is compounded by the gap between his own humble origins and the privileged backgrounds of his better-off classmates.
Brian also has a dark secretâa long-held, burning ambition (stoked by his late father) to appear on the wildly popular TV quiz show University Challengeâand now, finally, it seems the dream is about to become reality. Heâs made the school team, and theyâve completed the qualifying rounds and are limbering up for their first televised match. (And, whatâs more, heâs fallen head over heels for one of his teammates, the beautiful, brainy, and intimidatingly posh Alice Harbinson.) Life seems perfect and triumph inevitableâbut as his world opens up, Brian learns that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
Reminiscent of such classic coming-of-age works as The Graduate and Goodbye, Columbus, A Question of Attraction marks the literary debut of David Nicholls, one of Englandâs most highly praised television writers. It is an unforgettable story of love, class, finding oneâs place in the world, and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom.
From the Hardcover edition.
Brian also has a dark secretâa long-held, burning ambition (stoked by his late father) to appear on the wildly popular TV quiz show University Challengeâand now, finally, it seems the dream is about to become reality. Heâs made the school team, and theyâve completed the qualifying rounds and are limbering up for their first televised match. (And, whatâs more, heâs fallen head over heels for one of his teammates, the beautiful, brainy, and intimidatingly posh Alice Harbinson.) Life seems perfect and triumph inevitableâbut as his world opens up, Brian learns that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
Reminiscent of such classic coming-of-age works as The Graduate and Goodbye, Columbus, A Question of Attraction marks the literary debut of David Nicholls, one of Englandâs most highly praised television writers. It is an unforgettable story of love, class, finding oneâs place in the world, and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom.
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from Villard Books (April 1, 2004)
9781400061815 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $23.95
About: Entering the university on a scholarship, a young middle-class Englishman harbors an ambition to appear on a television quiz show, an endeavor that, once attained, is challenged by his feelings for a posh teammate.
About: Entering the university on a scholarship, a young middle-class Englishman harbors an ambition to appear on a television quiz show, an endeavor that, once attained, is challenged by his feelings for a posh teammate.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Villard Books (March 8, 2005)
9780812971408 | details & prices | 338 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $19.00
About: Entering the university on a scholarship, a young middle-class Englishman harbors an ambition to appear on a television quiz show, an endeavor that, once attained, is challenged by his feelings for a posh teammate.
About: Entering the university on a scholarship, a young middle-class Englishman harbors an ambition to appear on a television quiz show, an endeavor that, once attained, is challenged by his feelings for a posh teammate.
CD/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Chivers Sound Library (May 31, 2004)
9780792732266 | details & prices | List price $49.95
About: Now a major motion pictureâUtterly charming .
About: Now a major motion pictureâUtterly charming .
Cassette/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Chivers Sound Library (May 31, 2004)
9780792732259 | details & prices | List price $79.95
About: Now a major motion pictureâUtterly charming .
About: Now a major motion pictureâUtterly charming .
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (May 29, 2008)
9781435292208 | details & prices | 338 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Now a major motion pictureâUtterly charming .
About: Now a major motion pictureâUtterly charming .
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