{"product_id":"9780141046426","title":"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3\/4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A satire of our times. Very funny indeed'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'My comfort read. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best diaries ever written - with apologies to Samuel Pepys, Bridget Jones and me' \u003c\/b\u003eADAM KAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEATURED IN 'THE 100 BOOKS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' \u003ci\u003eBBC ARTS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3\/4 \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday January 2nd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet 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.\u003cbr\u003e_________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I remember laughing hysterically at \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3\/4.\u003c\/i\u003e An authentic working-class voice'\u003c\/b\u003e David Nicholls, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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' \u003c\/b\u003eTom Sharpe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We laugh both at Mole and with him. A wonderful comic read, that, like all the best comedy, says something rather meaningful'\u003c\/b\u003e Heat\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Townsend, Sue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56677094326658,"sku":"9780141046426","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9780141046426.jpg?v=1779988120","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780141046426","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}