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Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (Hardcover)

by Sue Townsend (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Joseph (5 Nov 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0718153707
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718153700
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 474 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Adrian Mole is 39 and a quarter. Unable to afford the mortgage on his riverside apartment, he has been forced to move into a semi-detached converted pigsty next door to his parents, George and Pauline. His ravishing wife Daisy loathes the countryside, longs for Dean Street and has yet to buy a pair of Wellingtons; they are both aware the passion has gone out of their marriage, but neither knows how to reignite the flame. To cap it all off, Adrian is leaving his bed numerous times a night to go to the lavatory and has other alarming symptoms, leading him to suspect prostate trouble. Meanwhile, his mother thinks that an appearance on the Jeremy Kyle show might solve the mystery of her daughter’s paternity once and for all. And when George is asked to provide a DNA sample, will the shock kill him? He is already disabled, though still chain smoking and has had an ashtray welded onto the arm of his wheelchair. As Adrian’s worries multiply, a phone call to his old flame Dr Pandora Braithwaite, BA, MA, PhD, MP and Junior Minister in the Foreign Office, ignites memories of a shared passion and makes him wonder – is she the only one who can save him now?

About the Author

Sue Townsend is one of Britain’s bestselling authors. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books, Queen Camilla, The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 ¾) and Number Ten. She is also a well-known playwright. She lives in Leicester.

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Do not begin reading this book if you have an early start the next day, 3 Nov 2009
By Grouse (Fife, Scotland) - See all my reviews
I opened the package containing this book less than 24 hours ago and have just finished it. Despite work the next day, I found myself still reading at two this morning! What is it about the Adrian Mole books that are so absorbing? The sagas of his family and friends are both hilarious and emotional and it is fascinating to see some of the minor characters last heard from years ago as children reappearing as adults. The books also map out the major events of the last 3 decades and capture the zeit-geist of the different eras: the 80s, 90s and now the Noughties.

I don't wish to give a summary of this book here - suffice it to say, the trials and tribulations of 2007/2008 are all mentioned and it looks as though poor old Adrian gets the short straw once again.

Will our hero (I think anti-hero is a bit unfair) now forty, ever write something someone actually wants to publish, find someone to share his life with who isn't going to abandon him and stand up to the various "friends", relatives and petty officials who make his life a misery? Will his parents ever grow up or remain teenagers in pensioners bodies?

It's a pity I read this so fast because I'll have to wait another 4 years until the next instalment comes out. That's assuming Sue Townsend is planning on one. If she isn't she's left one almighty cliff-hanger ending!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny and very sad - a triumph, 8 Nov 2009
By BookWorm "BookWorm" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Sue Townsend proves yet again that she is one of the funniest novelists writing today. The latest installment in the Adrian Mole series sees our protagonist nearing the age of 40, living with his wife and daughter, and suffering not only from his ever-dysfunctional familiy, but also from prostate cancer. Despite the awfulness of his disease - which Townsend in no way plays down - the book is still laugh-out-loud funny throughout. I can't think of any other writer who combines heart-wrenching pathos with genuine humour so effectively. Somehow, the sadness makes the funny bits funnier, and the humour makes the tragedy all the more painfully real to the reader.

Adrian is still very much the same person as the teenager Townsend first introduced many years ago. Many of the other old favourite characters are there too - older, but not necessarily wiser. There is Pandora, Labour MP and still the secret love of Adrian's life; his parents, George and Pauline, now elderly but still keen to appear on the Jeremy Kyle show; Adrian's unlikely best friend Nigel - gay, blind, living with his guide dog and civil partner; and of course Glenn, Adrian's eldest son, currently fighting in Afghanistan. Others, however, are notable by their absence; the Braithwaite parents and Barry Kent don't get more than a mention.

There are plenty of the usual satirical side-swipes at modern society which make you both laugh and wince. Townsend cleverly incorporates many of the newsworthy events from 2007 and 2008 without it ever seeming forced - from the collapse of Icesave and Woolworths to MP's expenses and post office closures. Townsend has a gift for capturing the spirit of an age and using real-life events in her books in a realistic way. If you read Sebastian Faulks' 'A Week In December' - a novel set in a similar time frame - you will admire Townsend all the more for her skill in writing about everyday life in the 21st century. Faulks may be a serious-literary-heavyweight type but Townsend outperforms him effortlessly in this genre.

I read this book in the space of a weekend, hardly able to put it down, and was left wishing it was longer. Quite probably the best thing I've read all year. Definitely one to add to the Christmas list!
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly superb, 9 Dec 2009
By Dave Gilmour's cat (on Dave Gilmour's boat) - See all my reviews
Another extremely funny, extremely touching installment of the Mole saga, which continues to build into something utterly magnificent. The subtle but deadly accurate social/political satire remains spot on, as Mole enters the era of the credit crunch and increasing global uncertainty. (At least Woolworths will always be with us, he muses at one point.) The characters just get stronger and stronger. I wondered if Sue Townsend could write anything as wonderful as Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction, but she has done so here. Her comic abilities continue to mature as Mole grows older and (slightly) wiser. It's so good that you have to force yourself not to read it in one sitting.

The ending is left wide open. Is it too much to hope for another volume?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking, hilarious and utterly brilliant
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This is possibly the most hilarious addition ever, although arguably the most devastating as Adrian falls on hard times worse than ever. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Christina Rossetti

5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner
I have long been a fan of this series of books and this latest offering from Sue Townsend only re-enforces that. Read more
Published 6 days ago by G. Danks

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Adrian Mole
Having read and enjoyed all the previous Adrian Mole books I was really looking forward to this book and it did not disappoint. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Sandi

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
I read this book in day! Could not put it down, was so absorbing.
This is a must for all Adrian Mole fans - touchingly funny, sad and happy all in one hit... Read more
Published 13 days ago by J. Leckie

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice to see you again, Adrian
I've been reading Adrian Mole books since I was a teenager myself. This was a wonderful read, both funny and moving. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Zeeshan Hasan

4.0 out of 5 stars Sue Townsend's a genius

As a resident of Leicestershire, I can visualise the real and imaginary places Townsend portrays in the Adrian Mole books. 'The Prostrate Years' is no exception. Read more
Published 17 days ago by S. Rubyan-ling

5.0 out of 5 stars Ageing Well
Adrian Mole has been with me since my Mum bought me the first diary for my 13th birthday. I was hooked then and I'm still hooked now. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms. V. G. Harwood

5.0 out of 5 stars Made me laugh and cry in equal measure
What can I say about this book that hasn't already been said? Like many other reviewers I read it in the space of a weekend, utterly impossible to put down as it was. Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Millard

1.0 out of 5 stars DISSATISFIED
Hi, the book never reached me (two attempts), I was to get a refund, but I didn't.Still waiting for it.
Published 1 month ago by Zawierzeniec

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Adrian Mole Ever!
Fans of Adrian Mole will not be disappointed. I have grown up reading the chronicles of Adrian and family and this was my favourite diary to date. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. F. A. Green

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