Saturday, April 12, 2014

Sue Townsend, creator of hapless and much-loved Adrian Mole, dies aged 68

Book2Book Friday 11 Apr 2014 

The author Sue Townsend, whose most popular character Adrian Mole defined a generation, has died at the age of 68

Sue Townsend 
Sue Townsend at her home in 2010. . Photograph: Gary Calton.

She was best known for the fictional diaries of Adrian Mole, who began confiding his deepest desires and ambitions in the Seceret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 3/4 in 1982. His teenage years were recounted in the Growing Pains of Adrian Mole and further novels dealt with married life and middle age.


Guardian

BBC

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10759318/Adrian-Moles-best-quotes.html

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