The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

I remember laughing hysterically at The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3⁄4. An authentic working-class voice * David Nicholls, Guardian *Impeccable comic timing, evergreen comic writing. I had more pure reading pleasure than from any other book I read this year – John Self * The Times *One of literature’s most endearing figures. Mole is an excellent guide for all of us * Observer *Townsend has held a mirror up to the nation and made us happy to laugh at what we see in it * Sunday Telegraph *An exquisite social comedy * Daily Telegraph *A satire of our times. Very funny indeed * Sunday Times *Marvellous, touching and screamingly funny … set to become as much a cult book as The Catcher in the RyeA series of endlessly funny diaries following the aspiring intellectual in his pursuit of the treacle-haired Pandora. Pompous, judgemental and agonised in a way so particular to teenage boys, Adrian’s plight has been beloved ever since it was published in 1982. And it is just as relevant as ever – a new BBC adaptation has just been announced written by One Day’s David Nicholls’ * i *

Sue Townsend is one of Britain’s favourite comic authors. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books, The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 ), Number Ten, Ghost Children, The Queen and I, Queen Camilla and The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year, all of which are highly-acclaimed bestsellers. Sue passed away in 2014 and is survived by her husband, four children, ten grandchildren and millions of avid readers.

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