The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole 1999 - 2001
by Sue Townsend
The ‘same age as Jesus when he died’, Adrian Mole has become a martyr: a single-father bringing up two young boys in an uncaring world.
With the ever-unattainable Pandora pursuing her ambition to become Labour’s first female PM, his over-achieving half-brother Brett sponging off him and literary success ever-elusive, Adrian tries to make ends meet and find a purpose.
But little does he realise that his own modest life is about to come to the attention of those charged with policing The War Against Terror . . .
1999
Friday, November 26, 1999, 2.30 p.m.
Wisteria Walk, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire
I have not kept a diary since the fire destroyed my house, furniture, clothes, books and life savings. The arsonist, Eleanor Flood, is residing in a secure unit, where she is doing an MA. Her dissertation is entitled ‘The Phoenix – Myth Or Metaphor?’ I know, because she writes to me occasionally. I have protested to the authorities, but they are powerless to stop her letters, which are obviously being smuggled out by a corrupt prison guard. As I lie in bed at night, listening to the breathing of my sons. William, 7, and Glenn, 13, in their bunk-beds only inches away from my head, I often think of Eleanor Flood, and envy her. At least she has a room of her own, and time in which to think and write.
Featured in this book:
Letters by Adrian Mole
Poems by Adrian Mole
Praise for The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole 1999 - 2001:
ScotsmanOne of the great comic creations of our time. Almost every page of his diaries bring a smile to the face
News of the WorldTold with Townsend’s trademark deadpan humour. To people of a certain age, Adrian Mole was their Harry Potter
Sunday TimesVery funny indeed. A satire of our times
Praise for The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole 1999 - 2001