November 1 - December 31, pp. 186 -219 Summary

Home from the hospital, Adrian's dad takes him to a bonfire party organized to raise funds for Marriage Guidance Councillors' Expenses, where Adrian throws the most recent phone bill into the fire. Even the news that Princess Diana is pregnant can't cheer George up. A frank talk with Pandora results in Pandora says she doesn't want to marry Adrian in two years time when they can legally do so. She wants to go to university and have a career. Adrian writes a poem about autumn and sends it to John Tydeman at the BBC, in hopes that it will be accepted and impress Pandora. Adrian and Pandora start a literary magazine in school, for which he writes a tell-all piece about Barry Kent, expecting it to rock the school to its foundations. Five hundred copies...