Brian Jackson is a nineteen year old man, well boy actually, going in his first year of college. He has a few goals he wants to achieve there: being on University Challenge, reading and learning a lot and of course getting the prettiest girl on campus. The fact that Brian is a twat doesn’t make it easy to achieve those goals, but it doesn’t effect his effort to do what he is set out to do.
So, audition for University Challenge: not going too well. Will he make it on the show eventually where he can impress his friends and family?
The girl? Well, is that Alice or Rebecca? With both he has great times, with both he can’t help being himself. Which girl can handle him the best?
And then last but not least: reading and learning a lot. Let’s skip that goal completely. Or does he learn the most valuable lessons around: the life lessons?
this is a preview of starter for ten — david nicholls
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A clerk in a dock industry is talked into a new profession: selling food and more particularly: cheese. He becomes the distributor for Belgium and Luxemburg. He always felt little and of no importance, but now he has the chance to prove himself. The only problem is, he has no idea how to be a (good) businessman and after only a few days of being a cheese expert he is forced to make a difficult decision; keep trying or go back to his old self and be happy with it.
this is a preview of cheese — willem elsschot
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It’s a story about a 16 years old guy, just kicked out of school (again), with no idea what to do next. Holden Caulfield gives us his interpretation of how people should behave and how the world should be like. Eventually he knows his look on things isn’t necessarily the way others see things. Things aren’t as black and white as he thinks they are.
this is a preview of the catcher in the rye — j.d. salinger
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Although there are quit a few characters in this story the two main characters for me were Doc and Mack. They both have some depth, some insight the others don’t have.
The story starts with Lee Chong. Through his grocery store the reader is drawn into the little town full of ordinary and not so ordinary people. A real story/plot is not found in this tale, it is more a description of situations and the people involved.
Non the less good writing and a good read.
this is a preview of cannery row — john steinbeck
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