Books
by Sue Townsend
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Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Adrian Mole is back! This time he's writing to Tony Blair, asking for confirmation about Saddam Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction. His aim is to retrieve his holiday deposit from a stubborn travel agent's adviser! And by the way, could Tony's wife come to their writing group's (3 people) Christmas dinner? And the worst is to come when he lets the terrible Marigold Flowers become engaged to him. So funny!
(Laurence Martin Euler - bwl 29 April 2005) |
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The Queen and I |
It takes courage, detachment, understanding and humour to portray so well this fictional dismantling of the British Monarchy in such personal terms. A Republican government wins the election in 1992, and overnight the royal family is dispatched to live on a poor and backward council estate. Brilliant handling of famous personalities, cutting social and political criticism, this is also terribly funny.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 81 Summer 2016) |
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The Woman who Stayed in Bed for a Year |
How many of us have had the thought this title expresses? The wife of a brilliant and unfaithful scientist, mother of brilliant twins, suddenly has it and the courage to go to bed and stay in and on it. Excellent beginning carried ably through but towards the end, when it needs even more originality, it wilts and the author loses her courage and her book. Not bad for a holiday or long journey and full of life-affirming humour.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 74 Autumn 2014) |
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