John Crace's satirical Digested read columns have become a Guardian institution, reducing the most newsworthy books of the year to an essential 600 words.
Here he takes on Mad about the Boy, the third of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones novels, featuring Bridget as a widowed 51-year-old mother of two.
Lisa Allardice, editor of Guardian Review, explains why Bridget still speaks to readers after all these years, while writer Rosie Swash wonders how relevant she is to a generation of women who were only just born when she made her first appearance.
Reading list
Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy by Helen Fielding (Cape)
John Crace's digested Bridget – as it was written
