{"product_id":"9781504048866","title":"True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs his secret diary extends into his later teen years, the angsty Brit remains “part Holden Caulfield, part .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e. B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eertie Wooster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e” and all Adrian (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSend my diaries back. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e would \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehate \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e to fall into unfriendly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, possibly commercial\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e hands. I am afraid of blackmail; as you know \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003emy diaries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e are full of sex and scandal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e What’s happening to Adrian Mole? He’s on the cusp of adulthood and burgeoning success as a published poet. But . . . he still lives at home, refuses to part with his threadbare stuffed rabbit, and has lost his job at the library for a shocking act of impudence: He shelved Jane Austen under “light romance.” Even worse, someone named Sue Townsend stole his diaries and published them under her own name. \u003ci\u003eOf course \u003c\/i\u003ethey were bestsellers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The “brilliant comic creation” returns, sharing his poetry (award-winning!), travel journals (he’s going places), musings on lost love (more of an obsession), and some major news (he’s writing a novel!) (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e). But not all the confessions are his alone. We also hear from that notorious pilferer Townsend, who, after receiving a suspended prison sentence, now lives in shame in a bleak moorland cottage. Don’t tell Adrian, but the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e still insists that it’s \u003ci\u003eshe\u003c\/i\u003e who “is a national treasure.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From “one of Britain’s most celebrated comic writers” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) comes the inventive new novel in the “perceptive and funny” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) series that has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide, was adapted for television and staged as a musical, and is nothing less than “a phenomenon” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108351426800,"sku":"9781504048866","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504048866_p0.jpg?v=1763710621","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504048866","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}