Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years - Hardcover

Townsend, Sue

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718153707 ISBN 13: 9780718153700

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2009

Synopsis

Adrian Mole is 39 and a quarter. Unable to afford the mortgage on his riverside apartment, he has been forced to move into a semi-detached converted pigsty next door to his parents, George and Pauline. His ravishing wife Daisy loathes the countryside, longs for Dean Street and has yet to buy a pair of Wellingtons; they are both aware the passion has gone out of their marriage, but neither knows how to reignite the flame. To cap it all off, Adrian is leaving his bed numerous times a night to go to the lavatory and has other alarming symptoms, leading him to suspect prostate trouble.

Meanwhile, his mother thinks that an appearance on the Jeremy Kyle show might solve the mystery of her daughter's paternity once and for all. And when George is asked to provide a DNA sample, will the shock kill him? He is already disabled, though still chain smoking and has had an ashtray welded onto the arm of his wheelchair.

As Adrian's worries multiply, a phone call to his old flame Dr Pandora Braithwaite, BA, MA, PhD, MP and Junior Minister in the Foreign Office, ignites memories of a shared passion and makes him wonder - is she the only one who can save him now?

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Review:

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)

From the Back Cover:

'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

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0718153707
• ISBN 13: 9780718153700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416