"Thank God for Sue Townsend
and Adrian Mole, who has grown up from a spotty and difficult childhood
to join us in what he has accurately entitled 'the cappuccino years.'"
—John Mortimer, The Observer |
"Hilarious . . . Adrian
is a comic Job. Townsend skewers end-of-the-millennium Britain with acumen
and glee."
—Booklist |
"When it comes to finding humor in
the woes of the perpetual underdog, Sue Townsend is offally good."
—Newsday |
"Long before Bridget Jones obsessed
about weight, single life and alcohol units, Adrian Mole reigned as Britain’s
Diarist of Record. If Bridget Jones grows up half this well, we can count
ourselves lucky."
—Miami Herald |
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In his latest confessional diary, Adrian, now thirty, is separated from his
exotic and accomplished Nigerian wife, and is a single parent to his three–year–old
son. He works as a cook in a smart London restaurant that specializes in repulsive
working–class food. When, to his surprise, he finds he has an older son
as well, he takes responsibility and finally learns to cope.
SUE TOWNSEND’s other novels include Rebuilding
Coventry, Number 10 and Adrian Mole and the Weapons
of Mass Destruction, all available
from Soho Press. She lives in Leicester, England.
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