The Adrian Mole Collection

Adrian Mole #2-4

by Sue Townsend

The hilarious, bestselling follow-ups to Sue Townsend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4 : The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole and Adrian Mole: The Wilderness together in one volume.

Sunday July 18th.

My father announced at breakfast that he is going to have a vasectomy. I pushed my sausages away untouched.

Charting nearly ten years in the life of Adrian Mole, from his increasingly troubled adolescence and schooling to his first job as newt counter for the DoE, from his parents' marital troubles to his own difficult relationship with Pandora, from the failure of his early poems to the even grander failure of his epic novels, these three novels in one volume provide a hilarious portrait of one young man's coming of age.

'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

Genres: Humor

775 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

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Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend was a British novelist, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole series of books. Her writing tended to combine comedy with social commentary, though she has written purely dramatic works as well. She suffered from diabetes for many years, as a result of which she was registered blind in 2001, and had woven this theme into her work.

Reviews

[Arthur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Covers three books of the Adrian Mole series though put, bizarrely, in the reverse chronological order and missing the short story "Adrian Mole and the Small Amphibians" (which timewise fits between True Confessions and the Wilderness Years). Very enjoyable. An oblivious character, both to his own actions and reading the political context of the time.

[Tor Bateman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this, it's hilarious! A really easy and pleasant read.

[Mik · Rating 5 out of 5]

3 in 1

A great introduction to Adrian Mole and his day to day anguish and stop start love life with Pandora . Very funny

[Margreet Heer · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a bit confusing that this book actually starts with The Wilderness Years, although the first on the jacket is Growing Pains. I had not paid attention, I confess, and started reading this book thinking they were #3, #4 and #5 consecutively in the Adrian Mole saga. But in fact it's #4, #3 and #2, in that order, with #3 being a bit of an odd collection of bits. After this, I'm moving on to The Cappuccino Years, which follows The Wilderness Years.