Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years is the last installment in the Adrian Mole series of novels by Sue Townsend. It is set between 2007 and 2008. It was released on 5 November 2009. It was the last book in the series published before Townsend's death in 2014. Adrian Mole is 39-and-a-quarter. Unable to afford the mortgage on his riverside apartment, he has been forced to move into a semi-detached converted pigsty next door to his parents, George and Pauline. His ravishing wife Daisy loathes the countryside, longs for Dean Street and has yet to buy
Coast mole Coast mole The coast mole or Pacific mole ("Scapanus orarius") is a medium-sized North American mole found in forested and open areas with moist soils along the Pacific coast from southwestern British Columbia to northwestern California. Two subspecies are recognized: the nominate, "S. o. orarius", and Scheffer's coast mole, "S. o. schefferi". The nominate has a shorter skull and less enlarged maxillary region. The patterns of teeth shearing on dirt and earthworms (their main diet) set both subspecies apart from similar species. The coast mole is generally less than 200 mm long, with the tail being one-fourth of its total