Starter For Ten - David Nicholls

Comic novel set in the 80s, about a working-class boy's disastrous experiences as he arrives at university, joins the University Challenge team, and falls headlong for his beautiful teammate. Funny in parts, but some of his struggles & pathetic behaviour made me cringe too much on his behalf to be fully enjoyable, and the more serious sections about his background and his father's death seemed to sit uneasily alongside the humour.