Adrian Mole discovering that he himself has cancer. His loyal friend and co-worker Bernard Hopkins comes to the rescue, moving in with him and promising to remain until his cancer is in remission. Fortunately Adrian's cancer treatment is successful and Bernard leaves to pursue romance with a local widow, giving Adrian a pig as a farewell present. The final book ends with Adrian finding out he will be a grandfather and Pandora arriving outside the house. The Mole family is dysfunctional. Adrian's parents Pauline and George Mole are working-class characters with limited social mobility who drink and smoke heavily. Both are often
The Big Bubble: Part Four of the Mole Trilogy on continuing the idea. "The Big Bubble" is similar to "The Tunes of Two Cities", as it focuses on the music within the Mole culture. In this case, the album presents some songs by a fictional band called The Big Bubble. The band forefronts the Zenkinite movement, the Zenkinites being a crossbreed of the Moles and Chubs which were introduced in "Mark of the Mole". The band breaks the law by singing in the banned Mohelmot language. The four models portraying the Big Bubble on the cover have never been identified. Despite rumors, the Residents claim that they themselves are