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| Title | : | Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (Adrian Mole #8) |
| Author | : | Sue Townsend |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 405 pages |
| Published | : | September 21st 2010 by Penguin (first published 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Humor. Comedy. Contemporary |
Sue Townsend
Paperback | Pages: 405 pages Rating: 4.03 | 4196 Users | 287 Reviews
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"...when a woman sighs and you ask her what is wrong and she says, 'Nothing,' do not believe her - there is always something wrong and you must stick at it until you find out what it is."The wisdom of Adrian Mole, aged 39 3/4
Not much is going right for the Mole man in this go-round.
He's living one wall away from his parents, and they are NOT SHY about sharing their problems.
He's still the favorite confidant of old-age pensioners.
His son is fighting in Afghanistan.
His daughter's obsession with Disney Princesses may get her booted out of school.
And his wife is dressing up to meet with another man...including matching lingerie, and we all know what that means!
Adding to the woes are a looming redundancy, a professor who keeps hitting on him, Gordon Brown's refusal to answer his letters, and lingering fantasies of old flame, Pandora.
Even the Christmas lights are problematic. They wait until AFTER the tree is decorated to stop working.
Oh, and Adrian's also been having some prostate trouble, the "old man's disease," as everyone insists on calling it.
This book may seem particularly laden with horrors, but it's really all just another chapter in the angst ridden life of Adrian Mole, and of all the Adrian Moles in the world, he is definitely the Adrian Moleiest. There are plenty of laughs, and more than a few touching moments, mostly between Mole and his employer, the bookstore owner, Mr. Carlton-Hayes.
I don't know if this will be the last book in the series, but if it is, the ending is surprisingly upbeat, and leaves a tiny bit of hope, however infinitesimal, that Adrian's future could contain possibly the smallest ray of sunshine. Or, not...
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| Original Title: | Adrian Mole: The Prostate Years |
| ISBN: | 0141034734 (ISBN13: 9780141034737) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Adrian Mole #8 |
| Characters: | Adrian Mole |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 4196 Users | 287 ReviewsAppraise Out Of Books Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (Adrian Mole #8)
As always things are not going well for our generations greatest diarist. Lost count of the number of times I've read this series over the years but every time I come back to it it is an absolute joy. And the final diary entry of the Mole Diaries is possibly the most perfect of endings.As I started reading The Prostate Years in the midst of an outpouring of Christmas presents, many of which included novels, annuals and book tokens, I was spoiled for literary choice over the holidays, and almost didn't know where to start. However, Adrian has remained my first love ever since the day I picked up my dad's battered old copy of 'The Secret Diary'. He would have to be read first, no questions asked. I hurried through the book feverently, but was hit with bitter disappointment as I
Very disappointed to note that Adrian Mole, who was always a year older than me, has somehow lost a year making us the same age. Who will I look up to now?(In the book his fortieth birthday occurs in 2008, whilst his date of birth was apparently 02/04/1967).I blame the publishers, simply because Sue Townsend can do no wrong. I will be writing to my MP on the matter in the strongest of terms.Does anyone have Dr Braithwaite's address?
I can't deny I've been putting off finishing this one for a while now. Despite its excruciating romantic plots, "...Mass Destruction" once again left Adrian happy and loved. A few years on and reality has come crashing back in with a strained marriage, stroppy daughter, mooching half-brother, son still fighting the Taliban and a failing bookshop pushing Mole back to the safety of his diaries. Things still manage to get worse when Adrian becomes ill. Funny but painful, like it was happening to a
I always expect to find these books laugh out loud funny but always seem to be disappointed.Adrian Mole is an interesting chronicler of our times but really just how clever is it to comment in a sort of amusing way about such current affairs. These books seem to promise much but don't deliver.
(4.5 stars) I didn't have this book lined up to (re)read and picked it up as light reading when I saw it on the shelf at my family home a few weeks ago. I was supposed to be starting A Little Life whilst I was away but couldn't get further than about 100 pages. Anyway, I first read this when it came out about 10 years ago (as I've been a massive Sue Townsend fan for about 20 years now) but couldn't remember much about it. In it Adrian Mole has a failing marriage, a young daughter,an adult son in
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