The "same age as Jesus when he died", Adrian Mole has become a martyr: a single father bringing up two young boys in an uncaring world. With the ever-unattainable Paqdora pursuing her ambition to become Labour`s first female PM; his over-achieving half-brother Brett sponging off him; and literary success ever elusive, Adrian tries to make ends meet and find a purpose. But little does he realize that his own modest life is about to come to the attention of those charged with policing The War Against Terror ...