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Starter for Ten is a 2003 comic coming-of-age novel by David Nicholls. It follows Brian Jackson, a working-class student who begins university in Bristol in the 1980s and joins the student team for the television quiz University Challenge. The novel combines student friendships, romantic confusion, class insecurity, and the pressure of academic competition, making university life the setting for Brian's attempt to define himself.
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Starter for Ten scores 6.62/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Campus Novel category.
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