Synopses & Reviews
Adrian Mole faces the same agoniesthat life sets before most adolescents:trouble s with girls, school, parents,and an uncaring world. The difference,though, between young Master Mole andhis peers is that this British lad keeps adiary—an earnest chronicle of longingand disaster that has charmed morethan five million readers since its two-volumeinitial publication. From teenagedAdrians anguished adoration of a lovely,mercurial schoolmate to hisview of his parents constantly creaking relationship to hisheartfelt but hilarious attemptsat cathartic verse, here is anoutrageous triumph of deadpan—anddeadly accurate—satire. ABBA, PrincessDis wedding, street punks, Monty Python,the Falklands campaign . . . all the culturalpageantry of a keenly observed eramarches past the unique perspective ofSue Townsends brilliant comic creation:A . Mole, the unforgettable lad whoseself-absorption only gets funnier as hislife becomes more desperate.
Synopsis
The trouble with trying to read passages from the Adrian Mole Diaries aloud is that you find yourself laughing so hard you can t go on. It s that kind of book. Kansas City Star As sad and devastating as it is laugh-out-loud funny. A delight New York Times The agonizingly funny, captivatingly poignant journals of England s bespotted everyboy are now available again. An international phenomenon and perennial favorite since their initial publication made a splash in Thatcher s Britain more than twenty years ago, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 3/4 is now side-by-side with its hilarious sequel The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole in this collected single volume. "
Synopsis
Now available in one edition with an updated look: the agonizingly funny international phenomenon "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 3/4," and its equally hilarious sequel "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole."
Synopsis
“The trouble with trying to read passages from the Adrian Mole Diaries aloud is that you find yourself laughing so hard you cant go on. Its that kind of book.” —Kansas City Star
“As sad and devastating as it is laugh-out-loud funny. A delight!” —New York Times
The agonizingly funny, captivatingly poignant journals of Englands bespotted everyboy are now available again. An international phenomenon and perennial favorite since their initial publication made a splash in Thatchers Britain more than twenty years ago, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 ¾ is now side-by-side with its hilarious sequel The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole in this collected single volume.
About the Author
Sue Townsend is the author of The Queen and I and The Adrian Mole books. She lives in England.