Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is the origin point for the series of novels collectively known as the Confessions of Georgia Nicholson. While the series may not be as well-known to American readers as something alongside the Captain Underpants series, in England its popularity almost rivals that of Harry Potter, at least within its primarly demographic target And, indeed, snarky Georgia is becoming more and more famous across the pond to the point that she has even become the focal point of attempt to ban her by local school boards.
Georgia Nicholson is the protagonist diarist-narrator created by author Louise Rennison. Georgia’s extended storyline begins with this 1999 publication that introduces the idiosyncratic keeper of the journal and teller of the tale. Although not extending to other aspects of her personality by any stretch of the imagination, there is on individual aspect that connects Rennison’s thirteen-year-old heroine to the teenage Alex who narrators the controversial novel A Clockwork Orange. Both works are deeply steeped in a narrative style that introduces readers to a rigidly maintained and profoundly significant use of slang in the narrative style. So embedded into the DNA of Georgia’s writing style is this slang that—like A Clockwork Orange—a glossary is included at the back. Added to Georgia’s peculiarly individualized slang the fact that much of the novel also includes a dominant British lexicon and it can make the act of reading a bit of work. Fortunately, Georgia is such an enduringly endearing character that this work doesn’t seem like work.
As previously indicated, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is merely the first in a series which eventually extends to at least ten. Of course, the future is never entirely set and there would well be more coming in the near or distant future. In 2008, a film adaptation was produced and released.
