Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years - Softcover

Townsend, Sue

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9780141034737: Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141034734 ISBN 13: 9780141034737

Publisher: Penguin, 2010

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Adrian Mole is thirty-nine and a quarter. He lives in the country in a semi-detached converted pigsty with his wife Daisy and their daughter. His parents George and Pauline live in the adjoining pigsty. But all is not well.

The secondhand bookshop in which Adrian works is threatened with closure. The spark has fizzled out of his marriage. His mother is threatening to write her autobiography (A Girl Called Shit). And Adrian's nightly trips to the lavatory have become alarmingly frequent.

As his troubles multiply, a drunken call to old flame Dr Pandora Braithwaite (BA, MA, PhD, MP and Junior Minister) awakens memories of what might have been and causes Adrian to wonder: is Pandora the only one who can possibly save him?

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Celebrate Adrian Mole's 50th Birthday with this new edition of the eighth and final book in his diaries, as Adrian faces a shocking revelation that will change his life forever . . . (from publisher's description)

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'A delight. Genuinly funny ... compassion shines through the unashamed ironic social commentary' Guardian

'Thank heavens for Sue Townsend ... she has an unrivalled claim to be this country's foremost practising comic novelist' Mail on Sunday

'Poignant, hilarious, heart-rending, devastating' New Statesman

'A great comic novel lit by Townsend's warmth and wit' Independent

'Hilarious. Sue Townsend's laughter is infectious' Sunday Telegraph

'To people of a certain age, Adrian Mole was their Harry Potter. Loveable in its celebration of mediocrity, it's told with Townsend's trademark deadpan humour' News of the World

'Our most successful chronicler of recent decades' Sunday Times

'He will be remembered some day as one of England's great diarists. No matter what your troubles may be Adrian Mole is sure to make you feel better' Evening Standard

'Adrian Mole is one of the great comic creations of our time' Scotsman

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