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.
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.
Bestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades.
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141315980
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 193 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 18 mm
Thank God for Sue Townsend - Observer
Funny, moving and a poke in the eye for adult morality - Sunday Express
Townsend [is] the absolute monarch of comic fiction - Daily Mail
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
And so the love affair with the Adrian Mole series begins!
You share Adrian's concerns over his appearance, parents and his future and laugh at his naivety. You really do feel naughty reading it, as it is like...
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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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