Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years [Paperback]

Sue Townsend (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2009

This title presents the continuing adventures of one of the UK's best loved comic-characters. Due to his financial situation Adrian Mole has been forced to move next door to his parents. And his numerous nightly visits to the lavatory lead him to suspect prostate trouble...Narrator Mark Hadfield provides a voice for Adrian Mole that is both warm and very funny. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work and as low as 30 per cent with characters and plotlines removed.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"It is 2007. Twenty-five years have passed since Adrian Mole wrote his first secret diary entries, aged 13 and three quarters... Adrian remains his endearing self: sometimes caustic, often obtuse, forever intellectually aspiring and deeply kind. Brilliantly narrated by Mark Hadfield in a slightly sardonic Midlands accent, this recording has rightly been shortlisted for the award of Audiobook of the Year." Julian Margaret Gibbs, The Tablet (audiobook review) "Thank heavens for Sue Townsend... she has an unrivalled claim to be this country's foremost practising comic novelist." The Mail on Sunday "Adrian Mole really is a brilliant comic creation." The Times" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Sue Townsend, with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 (1982) and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984), was Britain's bestselling author of the 1980s. Her other hugely successful novels include Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004), Queen Camilla (2006) and The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole 1999-2001 (2008).

Product Details

• Paperback: 404 pages
• Publisher: Imprint unknown (November 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0718154266
• ISBN-13: 978-0718154264
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,014,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Growing Up with Aidy, January 29, 2010

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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (Kindle Edition)

Unless you have grown up with Adrian Mole over the last 25 plus years, you may not get as much out of this book as you would otherwise. I'm not sure that if you haven't read all of the previous Adrian Mole books from The Secret Diary onwards, that you would necessarily appreciate the tragedy and hilarity that is Adrian Mole. Having said that, this book was more melancholic than any of the others, addressing some serious life issues, but with a few laugh out loud moments thrown in.

Confirms that there is a little bit of Adrian Mole in all of us.

Highly recommend to those who have previously been acquainted with Adrian Mole.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mole's best diary, so far, November 30, 2009

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Derek Seymour "Mind over matter, if you don't... (Wellington, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (Kindle Edition)

The best novel I've read in ages. There are some brilliant characteristions in this book. My favourite is Bernard Hopkins, a wonderful comic creation. I highly recommend this book, indeed. But then, I am a bit biased, I love ALL of the Mole diaries, and long may they continue. (I sincerely hope Moley doesn't die). I personally hope Sue is at the keyboard knocking out another installment).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If not the best Adrian yet, then almost, July 26, 2010

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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (Paperback)

Poor Adrian suffers marital, financial and health problems. Will he survive cancer and will son Glen get out of Afghanistan alive? This is actually a work of humor, continuing the travails of our oblivious yet kind friend.