ADRIAN MOLE: THE PROSTRATE YEARS

Book ID/图书代码： 12844010B38275

English Summary/英文概要： Adrian Mole is 39 and a quarter. Unable to afford the mortgage on his riverside apartment, he has been forced to move into a semi-detached converted pigsty next door to his parents, George and Pauline. His ravishing wife Daisy loathes the countryside, longs for Dean Street and has yet to buy a pair of Wellingtons; they are both aware the passion has gone out of their marriage, but neither knows how to reignite the flame. To cap it all off, Adrian is leaving his bed numerous times a night to go to the lavatory and has other alarming symptoms, leading him to suspect prostate trouble. Meanwhile, his mother thinks that an appearance on the Jeremy Kyle show might solve the mystery of her daughter’s paternity once and for all. And when George is asked to provide a DNA sample, will the shock kill him? He is already disabled, though still chain smoking and has had an ashtray welded onto the arm of his wheelchair. As Adrian’s worries multiply, a phone call to his old flame Dr Pandora Braithwaite, BA, MA, PhD, MP and Junior Minister in the Foreign Office, ignites memories of a shared passion and makes him wonder – is she the only one who can save him now?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 阿莫已經39歲。 因為付不起按揭，阿莫只好搬離河畔的那套房間，搬到鄉村靠近父母房間的一個雜亂的小屋裡。他美貌如花的妻子憎恨鄉村的生活，渴望著繁華的第恩街，他曾經在那裡買過一雙長筒靴子。他們發現早已經失去了新婚時的激情，並且似乎已經無法重新點燃。更要命的是，阿莫一晚上居然要很多次起床到盥洗室，而且有強烈的不適感，阿莫懷疑自己是不是得了前列腺疾病…母親認為傑瑞米的出現正好解釋了她女兒“父親”的身份問題。阿莫的父親，已經殘疾，但仍是嗜煙如命…在阿莫看來，所有的一切似乎都被烏雲籠蓋著，誰又能解救他呢？

Awards/获奖情况：>A delight. Genuinely funny…compassion shines through the unashamed ironic social commentary ---Guardian
Thank heavens for Sue Townsend…she has an unrivalled claim to be this country’s foremost practicing comic novelist --Mail on Sunday
Poignant, hilarious, heart-rending, devastating ---New Statesman
A great comic novel lit by Townsend’s warmth and wit ---Independent
Hilarious. Sue Townsend’s laughter is infectious ---Sunday Telegraph
To people of a certain age, Adrian Mole was their Harry Potter. Lovable in its celebration of mediocrity, it’s told with Townsend’s trademark deadpan humor. ---News of the World
Our most successful chronicler of recent decades. ---Sunday Times
He will be remembered some day as one of England’s great diarists. No matter what your troubles may be, Adrian Mole is sure to make you fell better. ---Evening Standard
Adrian Mole is one of the great comic creations of our time. ---Scotsman

About the Author/作者介绍： Sue Townsend is the creator of Britain’s best loved and bestselling diarist, Adrian Mole. She was born in Leicester in 1946, is married and has four children and five grandchildren and still lives in Leicester. She left school at fifteen and was employed in series of unskilled jobs. By her 18th birthday she was married, and a year later had her first baby. She began working with children in an adventure playground on the estate where playwright Joe Orton grew up. While taking a canoeing course for playleaders, she met Colin Broadway and they now have a 21-year-old daughter. In 1978 she joined a Writers Group at the Phoenix Art Centre in Leicester and her career as an author and playwright took off from there. Her first play, Womberang, won its author a Thames Television Bursary as Writer in Residence.
Susan Townsend全名Susan Lillian Townsend, 出生於1946年4月2日，英國小說家，劇作家，最負盛名的小說是《阿莫》系列作品。早期作品大都是與社會評論有關的喜劇，但還是有一些純粹的戲劇作品。Susan Townsend著有英國最受歡迎、最暢銷的阿莫系列小說。于1946年出生於萊斯特，並且一直居住在那裡。婚後生有四子。1978年Susan Townsend加入了萊斯特鳳凰藝術中心作家協會，寫作生涯從此開始。作為一名住校作家，她的第一步作品就為她贏得了泰晤士電視臺助學金。

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