{"product_id":"9781504048859","title":"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3\/4","description":"\u003cb\u003eBritish adolescent angst has never been so “laugh-out-loud funny” as in this first encounter with a sharp-witted, pining, and achingly honest underdog (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerhaps when I am famous and my diary is discovered, people will understand the torment of being a 13¾-year-old undiscovered intellectual.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Adrian Mole is approaching fourteen, and like all radical intellectuals he \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e amass his grievances: His \u003ci\u003eacne vulgaris\u003c\/i\u003e is grotesque; his crush, Pandora, received seventeen Valentine’s Day cards; his PE teacher is a sadist; he fears his parents’ marriage is over since they no longer smoke together; his dog has gone AWOL; no one appreciates his poetry; and \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e has set him off pork for good. If everyone were as appalled as Adrian Mole, it would be a better world.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Introducing “one of literature’s most endearing figures”: a luckless adolescent of great expectations and dwindling patience who knows all—or believes he does—and tells all (\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e). First published in 1982, Adrian’s chronicle of angst has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide, spawned seven sequels, and been adapted for television and staged as a musical. Here’s where it all began.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108470767856,"sku":"9781504048859","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504048859_p0.jpg?v=1769897776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504048859","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}