Overview: Up close and personal, or softly from a distance, Sunshine will see to it that your problems disappear once you hand over your money, no questions asked. Unless, of course, she feels like having a little fun on the job...
The Trivia Man
โ Scribed by O'Brien, Deborah
- Book ID
- 109971626
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Australia
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 235 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
From the author of Mr Chen's Emporium comes a quirky and heartwarming tale about finding your true place in the world, set against the backdrop of a weekly trivia competition.'Trivia is a serious business, not a social occasion' Kevin Dwyer, the 'trivia man' Dubbed 'brainbox' by his peers and 'weirdo' by his sister, Kevin Dwyer is a middle-aged forensic accountant who has never had a real friend, other than his eight-year-old nephew Patrick. When Kevin joins the Clifton Park Sports Club trivia competition as a one-man team, and convincingly wins the first round, he is headhunted by the other contestants. But Kevin would prefer to be on his own. That is, until he meets Maggie Taylor . . .Maggie is a Latin teacher and movie buff, who's good at her job but unlucky in love. In fact, she's still besotted with the man who dumped her years ago. Nagged by her friend Carole about getting out and meeting people, Maggie reluctantly joins the trivia team founded by...
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