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by Sue Townsend (Author) "I take up my pen once again to record a momentous time in the affairs of men (and, thank God, because this is intended to..." (more)
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  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Publisher: Penguin Books; First THUS edition (1 Jan 2000)
  • ISBN-10: 0140279407
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140279405
  • ASIN: B000CSZ68Q
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Adrian Mole - Modern History, 11 Feb 2004
By W. Hesketh (Lanarkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (Paperback)
I would agree that, at first, the style of this book deviates from Adrian's first diaries in that the entries are really long-winded (and less funny), but perhaps that's deliberate (and that Townsend is showing Adrian trying to be more of a "writer", which he is renownedly crap at). It also coincides with a time in Adrian's life when he seems to have more time to write lengthy nonsense. Later in the diary, when he's more busy with "real life" tasks, his entries become shorter and more personally reflective (and therefore, more funny).

What I think is brilliant about these books is remembering the era I grew up in. Adrian, as always, chronicles current events in his diary: such as Princess Diana's death and the new Blair government coming to power, and makes statements about these events, thus recording history in a way that portrays, more than most, how the "ordinary person" viewed those times. It then becomes more like a discourse of modern history - which I think is great. It's like having a (modern) 'memories museum' in book format. Fantastic!

The Sunday Telegraph says it best - Townsend 'has held a mirror up to the nation and made us happy to laugh at what we see in it'.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Is it me?, 13 Mar 2002
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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (Paperback)
I'm sorry, but I can't agree with any of the previous reviews. I tried hard to get into this book, as I loved the original Adrian Mole's Diary (Aged 13 3/4), but I just didn't find it funny! The only bit that I giggled at, was the thought of the 'New Dog' perched on top of the cushion that was too big for it's basket! I'm beginning to wonder if it's just my sense of humour that's failing. If that's the case, I apologise again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Adrian Mole is a national treasure, 22 Oct 1999
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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (Hardcover)
Someone should slap an English Heritage plaque on the cover of The Cappuccino Years. Because not only is this one of the funniest, most bittersweet books I have read for ages, and a more than worthy successor to the other Mole books, Sue Townsend has written about Britain in the late 90s more accurately than any other recent writer I can remember. It takes a brilliantly satirical look at Blair's Britain, the spin doctors, the Cool Britannia tag, the over-priced restaurants, the decline of the nuclear family, and so on. She has said that the new Labour government is like a cappuccino - all froth and very little substance. Well, this book is all substance, but with loads of froth to make you genuinely laugh out loud. Her comic timing and sense of wit is as great as ever. This isn't just a comic masterpiece, it's quite simply a stunningly good look at what life is like in our country today. Adrian ends the book with two sons, no home and no job, and I can't wait to see where he's at when he's forty. More please!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Nah... less funny
I guess it's ok, but I only laughed out loud max two times - and this is supposed to be the longest book yet. Not nearly as funny as The Wilderness Years and The Small Amphibians.
Published 16 months ago by Anders Ek Backman

4.0 out of 5 stars Begining of a New Mole Era
Another excellent Mole book and a worthy addition to the canon of British satire. Mole remains a character who is easily identifiable with, even if he inhabits a pastiche of... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book.
If you are a fan of the Adrian Mole books you have to read this it is about adrian mole aged 30.

A great book and well worth the reed, Also a very funny book :)

Published on 28 Dec 2005 by P. I. Wellman

5.0 out of 5 stars The Cappuccino Years
This is a very good book.

If you have red the past Adrian Mole books you have to read this it is about adrian mole aged 30 1/4.

Can he be a good father? Read more

Published on 6 Feb 2005 by gavinscotttaylor

4.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
I think that this book is undoubtedly the best out of the Adrian Mole series. He is a lot more grown up but he is still as messed up as he ever was, but i think that Adrian Mole... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2003 by J. E. Bamber

5.0 out of 5 stars Fellow diary writer
I've always kept a diary, from around 11. Was dimly aware of Mole, but only managed to getting round to this book, the latest in the series, just now. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't be put off by the TV version
The book is a great read, especially for all the 30ish year olds out there. The TV adaptation was particularly poor, and I am glad I read the book before. Read more
Published on 14 May 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Adrian Mole and the Cappucino Years
This book like its predecesors (The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 and a quarter and the growing pains of Adrian Mole)is a well wrote novel based upon diary. Read more
Published on 30 April 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars As I have proved, this a great book for people of all ages.
hello. I am a 13 year old boy living in Australia. Last year, a cousin of mine (we were both 12 at the time) introduced me to the Adrian Mole diaries. Read more
Published on 13 April 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars The cappuccino flop
The Cappuccino years

Maybe the weakest part of the saga. As far as you reached the first half of book you get bored of this 30 years old teenager who does his best to avoid... Read more

Published on 27 Mar 2001

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