Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years
by Sue Townsend
Finally given the heave-ho by Pandora, Adrian Mole finds himself in the unenviable situation of living with the love-of-his-life as she goes about shacking up with other men.
Worse, as he slides down the employment ladder, from deskbound civil servant in Oxford to part-time washer-upper in Soho, he finds that critical reception for his epic novel, Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland, is not quite as he might have hoped.
But Adrian is about to discover that extraordinary and wonderful things may blossom even in the wilderness . . .
Winter
Tuesday January 1st 1991
I start the year with a throbbing head and shaking limbs, owing to the excessive amounts of alcohol I was forced to drink at my mother’s party last night.
I was quite happy sitting on a dining chair, watching the dancing and sipping on a low-calorie soft drink, but my mother kept shouting at me: ‘Join in, fishface,’ and wouldn’t rest until I’d consumed a glass and a half of Lambrusco.
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Poems by Adrian Mole
Praise for Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years:
Evening StandardHe 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
Sunday TimesA very, very funny book
Praise for Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years