Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years – Sue Townsend

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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend is the fifth instalment in the hilarious and sharply observed Adrian Mole series, following the misadventures of Britain’s most famously neurotic diarist. Now thirty years old, Adrian finds himself navigating adulthood with just as much confusion and self-delusion as in his teenage years. Set against the backdrop of late 1990s Britain, with New Labour, celebrity culture, and café society in full swing, Adrian’s personal crises mirror the absurdities of the nation around him.

An accidental television chef and minor celebrity, Adrian is still pining for his childhood love Pandora Braithwaite, now a glamorous and ambitious MP. As he deals with a receding hairline, the trials of modern dating, the mysteries of Viagra, and the frustrations of his unproduced serial killer comedy The White Van, Adrian’s diary entries are as painfully funny and endearingly awkward as ever. Townsend’s trademark wit and social satire are razor-sharp, delivering both comedy and a knowing commentary on the absurdities of millennial Britain.