- Paperback: 310 pages
- Publisher: Soho Press (July 1 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1569470553
- ISBN-13: 978-1569470558
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.2 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 345 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #704,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Townsend's hapless nerd (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole) returns to complete his lengthy and awkward passage from zit-ridden adolescence to angst-ridden manhood. Fans of previous installments will recognize Adrian's familiar provincial funk: still afflicted with literary ambitions as infinite as his accomplishments are infinitesimal, still heartstruck by the frightful Pandora Braithwaite, still laboriously churning out his masterpiece, the vowel-free novel, Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland. In fact, even admirers (and newcomers almost certainly) may find the recipe a little too unvarying this time out-particularly since, for an adult, Adrian's obsessions and affectations verge on the desperate or even the pathological. Luckily, Townsend (author also of the deft satire, The Queen and I) eventually seems to realize this too, and in the latter portions of the book adds a few new elements-a real girlfriend or two, sojourns in London, Moscow and Greece, a few unexpected career moves-to her hero's life. It's these scenes that really pay off, for even a comic creation as inspired as Adrian needs the odd change of scene. They also help pave the way for a surprising closing apotheosis that suggests Adrian may yet have some mileage in him as he approaches middle age. Major ad/promo.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
YA?In this sequel to The Adrian Mole Diaries (Grove, 1986; o.p.), Townsend continues her hero's humorous adventures into adulthood, beginning when he is 18 and ending when he is 23. Adrian is a loveable misfit who fancies himself a great intellectual; his aim in life is to become a well-known author. Throughout the book he attempts to get his 700-page novel, Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland, published. The first draft was written entirely without vowels. After several refusals, he decides that he needs to add the vowels and more sex to make the book more palatable. He always finds himself on the outside of the mainstream and valiantly tries to fit in, but always encounters an amusing roadblock. This novel in diary form is very funny and entertaining, though some YAs may have difficulty with the British terminology.?Grace Baun, R.E. Lee High School, Springfield, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
The funniest diaries ever!,
By Sarah (Australia, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Lost Years (Paperback)
What can I say everytime I hear the name Adrian Mole a big smile comes across my face, the diaries have to be one of the funniest sets of books I have ever read. I have read The Lost years a few times now and althought I dont think that it is the best in the collection it is definetley funny and is a very important part of the series and I would recommend all Adrian Mole fans to read it. Anybody out there curious about the Adrian Mole books must pick up a copy of the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 and read it now!
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WITH ADRIAN CHUCKLES ABOUND,
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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Lost Years (Paperback)
The wry youth who sometimes signs his diary "Adrian Albert Mole, Unpublished novelist and pedestrian" is back. Those who laughed with this pubescent British philosopher in the 80s will be delighted; those who are meeting him for the first time will find that chuckles abound.At 16 Adrian is still the miserable victim of unrequited love, at odds with his parents, and celebrating Christmas night with "a desultory game of cards." Four years later, although still living at home, he has found employment in his local library, and companionship with a girl both bovine and boring. After his manuscripts are rejected by every literary agent and publisher on either side of the Thames, Adrian finds shelter at Oxford and a job studying newts and badgers. In his spare time Adrian has penned a novel that he believes should be adapted for the stage. However, no one is waiting in line to bring life to his 700 page epic with 144 characters and six live deer. A new love and a writer's workshop on a Greek island eventually brighten Adrian's life. Reading his eccentrically comic adventures brightened mine. - Gail Cooke
5.0 out of 5 stars
Adrian Mole: The Dark Side,
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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Lost Years (Paperback)
Adrian Mole is a misfit, a loser, under-employed when he works at all, fancies himself a great novelist, and is working on a totally inane master-piece which contains no vowels. His family is wildly dysfunctional, his relationships are disastrous, his therapist gives up, his luck is forever running out. And, when it seems that things couldn't possibly get any worse, well, you guessed it.Author Sue Townsend is a brilliant comedic writer, but in this work, the comedy is darkly satirical. The hero (or anti-hero) Mole was first introduced in her earlier work, The Secret Diaries, when he was not quite fourteen. Hilarious it was, then, to see him percieve the inconsistencies of the adult world without ever really understanding what was happening. Now that he is older, the humor is darker, with a biting edge. For this young man is now moving into his mid-twenties, without apparently growing or learning anything of value. So, is there hope for poor Mole? Will he ever grow up? Will he ever get a girlfriend? You will just have to read the book and see. While other reviewers expressed disappointment in the book, I enjoyed it immensely. It is different from the Secret Diaries with a different type of humor. Take it on its own terms and you will laugh yourself silly. Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber.
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