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Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend (Omnibus)

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When Adrian meets Archie, his pensioner prejudice is seriously undermined.

Adrian clashes with Leicester's oldest communist Archie, an objectionable man with a beetroot habit and an unstable alsatian. Concluded by Nigel Planer.

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years is the fifth book of the Mole series and is set between 30th April 1997 and 2nd May 1998. He is now 30 years-old.

Adrian is Head Chef in a Soho restaurant, estranged from his Nigerian wife, Jo Jo, and is the father of a three year-old called William. During the course of the book Adrian loses his job, moves back to Ashby-de-la-Zouche, his mother moves in with Pandora's father and Pandora herself becomes an MP. Adrian also discovers he has another - disruptive - son and inherits a house. He and his two sons move in together, but the house is burned to the ground by a woman who is infatuated by him.

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In his 30s, Adrian is now a restaurant head chef and in the middle of a difficult divorce.

The fifth book in Sue Townsend's acclaimed series sees Adrian in his 30s, a head chef in a top Soho restaurant, and in the middle of a difficult divorce. Read by Nigel Planer.

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