The Secret Diary & Growing Pains of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

''The funniest person in the world'' Caitlin Moran

''My comfort read. The best diaries ever written - with apologies to Samuel Pepys, Bridget Jones and me'' ADAM KAY

FEATURED IN ''THE 100 BOOKS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'' BBC ARTS

The FIRST TWO BOOKS in the hilarious and iconic Adrian Mole series from comic legend Sue Townsend.
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Friday January 2nd

I felt rotten today. It''s my mother''s fault for singing ''My Way'' at two o''clock 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 children''s home.

Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life.

Telling us candidly about his parents'' marital troubles, The Dog, his life as a tortured poet and ''misunderstood intellectual'', his love for