The Understudy [Kindle Edition]

'This bitterly funny book is a delightful reminder of how much acting we all do in the name of love.' -- Alex Lightfoor, Observer 20050508 'A funny, moving tale, which manages to be romantic and cynical ... Guarantees you a few laughs.' -- Leicester Mercury 20050426 'A zippy comedy with laugh-out-loud lines, grounded on a solid plot and first-rate dialogue...irresistible' -- Daily Mail 20050408 'Bitterly funny' -- Observer 20050508 'A comic genius' -- Maria Beaumont on David Nicholls 20050211 'Darkly funny and oddly romantic.' -- More 20050501 'An unusual mix of cynicism and romance - no slush, just lots of laughs!' -- Company 20050505 'A brilliantly funny book.' -- Marie Claire 20050505 'Hugely entertaining with a high ratio of chuckles and snorts per chapter.' -- Good Book Guide 20050405 'I adored THE UNDERSTUDY. It's a fantastic comedy ... delightfully written.' -- New Woman 20050401 'A funky, less-fluffy-than-funny rom com.' -- Metro 20050414 'Deeply funny, with brilliant dialogue.' -- Good Housekeeping 20050401 'Sweet and funny.' -- Eve 20050505 Book of the Month -- Red 20050501 'Highly enjoyable ... both knowing and charming.' -- Mirror Ticket 20050325 'Both hilarious and heartbreaking.' -- Hannah Stephenson, various regional papers inc 20050329 'I laughed a lot' -- Jeremy Paxman on STARTER FOR TEN 20050329 'Moving, wickedly observed, warm, uplifting and above all blindingly funny, STARTER FOR TEN hits the spot time after time. Read this book' -- Jack on STARTER FOR TEN 20050329 'Brilliant... we would recommend it to anyone' -- Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan on STARTER FOR T 20050329 'Brilliant, brilliant David Starter for Ten" Nicholls has done it again. I roared at this fantastic story of the less-than-glam side of 'The Business'.' -- Rosie Fiore, Mango Book club 20050329

'I adored "The Understudy". It's a fantastic comedy ... delightfully written and makes you realise that even though some people are always cast as second best, that doesn't mean they're never winners.' (New Woman 20050505)

'A comic genius' (Maria Beaumont on David Nicholls 20050501)

'Brilliant... we would recommend it to anyone' (Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan on STARTER FOR T 20050325)

'I laughed a lot' (Jeremy Paxman on STARTER FOR TEN 20050329)

'Moving, wickedly observed, warm, uplifting and above all blindingly funny, Starter for Ten hits the spot time after time. Read this book' (Jack on STARTER FOR TEN 20060101)

'A zippy comedy with laugh-out-loud lines, grounded on a solid plot and first-rate dialogue...irresistible' (Daily Mail 20050815)

'Bitterly funny' (Observer 20050815)

'Darkly funny and oddly romantic.' (More 20050815)

'An unusual mix of cynicism and romance - no slush, just lots of laughs!' (Company 20050815)

'A brilliantly funny book.' (Marie Claire 20050815)

'Hugely entertaining with a high ratio of chuckles and snorts per chapter.' (Good Book Guide )

'A funky, less-fluffy-than-funny rom com.' (Metro )

'Deeply funny, with brilliant dialogue.' (Good Housekeeping )

'Sweet and funny.' (Eve )

Book of the Month (Red )

'Highly enjoyable ... both knowing and charming.' (Mirror Ticket )

'Both hilarious and heartbreaking.' (Hannah Stephenson, various regional papers inc )

'Funniest book of the year' (Marie Claire )

'Romantic comedy with a charming British accent....plenty of material for screwball hilarity... His prose is laugh-out-loud funny... This jaunty, big-hearted novel is chick lit with a Y-chromosome.'

(Kirk US Reviews )

'Brilliantly written and very funny' (Closer, 4 stars )

'Sharply funny...wonderfully chaotic' (The Times )

'The set pieces of social embarrassment are neatly threaded together, and there are some well-crafted tender moments too... It could hold its own against a Richard Curtis script' (Independent on Sunday )

'An entertaining follow-up to Nicholls' brilliant debut' (Heat, top ten books for March )