
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4: Adrian Mole Book 1 - Adrian Mole (Paperback)
Sue Townsend (author)Published: 19/01/2012

Townsend’s comic masterpiece rests on immaculate characterisation, wry observation and genuine compassion. The tortured journal of a precious teenager whose genius remains woefully unacknowledged, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ has become a true national treasure.
'A satire of our times. Very funny indeed' Sunday Times
'My comfort read. The best diaries ever written - with apologies to Samuel Pepys, Bridget Jones and me' ADAM KAY
FEATURED IN 'THE 100 BOOKS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' BBC ARTS
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 is the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series.
Friday January 2nd
I felt rotten today. It's my mother's fault for singing 'My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs. Just my luck to have a mother like her. There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics. Next year I could be in a children's home.
Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual', Adrian's painfully honest diary is still hilarious and compelling reading thirty years after it first appeared.
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NOW A MAJOR MUSICAL
'I not only wept, I howled and hooted and had to get up and walk around the room and wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading' Tom Sharpe
'We laugh both at Mole and with him. A wonderful comic read, that, like all the best comedy, says something rather meaningful' Heat
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141046426
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 213 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'One of literature's most endearing figures. Mole is an excellent guide for all of us.' - Observer
'Marvellous, touching and screamingly funny . . . set to become as much a cult book as The Catcher in the Rye.' - Jilly Cooper
'A satire of our times. Very funny indeed.' - Sunday Times
'I not only wept, I howled and hooted and had to get up and walk around the room and wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading.' - Tom Sharpe
'We laugh both at Mole and with him. A wonderful comic read, that, like all the best comedy, says something rather meaningful.' - Heat
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This book was an absolute joy, definately the funniest book I have read for years. I heard people talk about this "diary" when at school but only recently decided to read it. In all books I have... More
“Brilliant”
And so the love affair with the Adrian Mole series begins!
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This is the funniest book ever written. It is a must read. Makes me cry with laughter.
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