Hamish Mancini is an American boy mentioned in the first three Adrian Mole books. He befriends Adrian Mole on a holiday to Loch Lomond and the two later exchange written correspondence. However, Hamish, a resident of Cape Cod, is later used in passing in the later novels. Hamish appears to be obsessed with des reses - constant references are made to the 'cute little thatched cottage' that Adrian supposedly lives in, e.g. this email fromMay 5th 2001 in Lost Diaries: