Sue Townsend
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| Original Title: | Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| ISBN: | 1569474389 (ISBN13: 9781569474389) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.suetownsend.co.uk/books/adrian-mole-and-the-weapons-of-mass-destruction |
| Series: | Adrian Mole #7 |
| Characters: | Adrian Mole |
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Adrian Mole, now age thirty-four and three quarters, needs proof that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction so he can get a refund from a travel agency of the deposit he paid on a trip to Cyprus. Naturally, he writes to Tony Blair for some evidence.He’s engaged to Marigold, but obsessed with her voluptuous sister. And he is so deeply in debt to banks and credit card companies that it would take more than twice his monthly salary to ever repay them. He needs a guest speaker for his creative writing group’s dinner in Leicestershire and wonders if the prime minister’s wife is available.
In short, Adrian is back in true form, unable—like so many people we know, but of course, not us—to admit that the world does not revolve around him. But recognizing the universal core of Adrian’s dilemmas is what makes them so agonizingly funny.
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| Title | : | Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (Adrian Mole #7) |
| Author | : | Sue Townsend |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 332 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2006 by Soho Press (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Humor. Young Adult. Comedy. Contemporary. European Literature. British Literature. Novels |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 5641 Users | 250 ReviewsCritique Containing Books Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (Adrian Mole #7)
So much fun to read! Great characters and an entertaining storyline. I couldn't put this book down because I always wanted to know what was going to happen to Adrian next, and how things were going to pan out with regards to his crazy relationships and his opinions on the Iraq war. Brilliant!Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction is an enjoyable read that moves the life of Adrian Mole along nicely. I love the political insights that add a sense of realism, but also humour too, because Townsend manages to capture the very insight of the British population during the Tony Blair years.Adrian's life seems full of drama and ridiculousness this time around that it consumes you. And yet Townsend still picks up on the mundane problems of Adult Life: debt, homelessness, red tape,
Adrian at 34 & 3 quarters is his usual conflicted self--trying to get out of a pending marriage with Marigold, going madly into debt to buy a lifestyle, supporting Tony Blair in the war on Iraq, fighting off the attacking swans outside his loft on Rat Wharf in Leicester.Sue Townsend writes really funny books.
Adrian Mole can be a funny character at times.Earlier I had read The Cappuccino Years and found it fairly interesting.I expected this to be a political satire.But it's not really about Bush and Blair's invasion of Iraq on the pretext of Saddam stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.Adrian Mole writes to Blair to provide some evidence of the existence of the WMDs.He worries that his son could be deployed to Iraq.But mostly it is about Adrian Mole's life and other things.There is the odd funny
I don't know how she does it, but Townsend has kept Adrian Mole fresh, funny, and touching all these years, since The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4. Here Adrian is in his thirties, with two sons, one in the army, one in Africa with his mother; his relationship with the son in the army is particularly well-done, as Glenn goes to Iraq and Adrian, previously a supporter of the war, becomes uncertain of his feelings about it. As usual, Adrian gets into more messes than he can handle,
Sue Townsend did it again with this poignant tale of a grown-up Adrian, working in a seedy second-hand bookshop in London. I wonder if Adrian was secretly a bit autistic, as some of his behaviour, especially towards his girlfriend, Marigold,seems redolent of Don Tillman in The Rosie Project.I just read that Sue Townsend had gone blind from diabetes when she wrote this novel. She dictated it to her husband. also, she was working on a sixth Adrian Mole novel when she died, entitled Pandora's Box.
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