THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION FEATURING A BRANDNEW INTRODUCTION FROM CAITLIN MORANMy comfort read. The best diaries ever written ADAM KAY GUARDIANEvery child in the country should receive a copy on their thirteenth birthday CAITLIN MORANOne of literatures most endearing figures. Mole is an excellent guide for all of us OBSERVERIn 2022 Sue Townsend was awarded the Legacy Achievement Award by the Comedy Women in Print prizeAS SEEN IN THE TIMESFriday January 2nd I felt rotten today. Its my mothers fault for singing My Way at two oclock in the morning at the top of the stairs. Just my luck to have a mother like her. There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics. Next year I could be in a childrens home. Meet Adrian Mole a hapless teenager providing an unabashed pimplesandall glimpse into adolescent life as he writes candidly about the dog his parents marital troubles and life as a tortured poet and misunderstood intellectual. Forty years after it first appeared Sue Townsends comic masterpiece continues to be rediscovered by new generations of readers.The UKs bestselling fiction book of the eighties and one of the great comic creations of the past halfcentury. Impeccable comic timing evergreen comic writing. I had more pure reading pleasure than from any other book I read this year John Self The TimesReading The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole when I was 14 felt quite like an awakening GREG DAVIES Sunday TimesTownsend has held a mirror up to the nation and made us happy to laugh at what we see SUNDAY TELEGRAPH One of Britains most celebrated comic writers GUARDIAN