dotorsojak 's review for:

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend

4.0

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I read this long ago in my young manhood. It first came out in 1982 and I probably read it about 1984--i.e. when I was still in my 20s. I enjoyed it a lot then and I still find it very funny. In lots of ways this book prefigures Bridget Jones. Helen Fielding had to have had it in mind when she created her grown woman equivalent of Adrian. Another book that is indebted to ADRIAN MOLE is Mark Haddon's THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME. Anyhow much hilarity on display here, some gentle mockery of teen-aged boys, and a good bit of subtle and not so subtle commentary on the English class system. A light read, this book is dead good.