The Salmon of Doubt

Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time (#3 Dirk Gently)

Douglas Adams

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Pan
27 July 2021

Crime & Mystery; Science fiction; Fantasy; Short stories; Humour; Humorous Sci-Fi; Contemporary Sci-Fi

Series: Dirk Gently

The Salmon of Doubt is Douglas Adams's indispensable guide to life, the universe and everything. It includes short stories and eleven chapters of a Dirk Gently novel that Douglas Adams was working on at the time of his death, and features an introduction by Stephen Fry.

This sublime collection dips into the wit and wisdom of the man behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, uncovering his unique comic musings on everything from his school-trousers to malt whisky and from the letter Y through to his own nose, via atheism, hangovers and fried eggs.

These hilarious collected writings reveal the warmth, enthusiasm and ferocious intelligence behind this most English of comic writers; a man who was virtually an unofficial member of the Monty Python team.

Douglas Adams on his passion for P. G. Wodehouse, The Beatles and the perfect cup of tea alone make this a must-have collection and a remarkable sign-off from one of the best loved writers of all time.

Start from the beginning of the surreal Dirk Gently series with Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

By: Douglas Adams
Imprint: Pan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 216g
ISBN: 9781529034608
ISBN 10: 1529034604
Series: Dirk Gently
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 27 July 2021
Recommended Age: From 16 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.

Reviews for The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time (#3 Dirk Gently)

A pleasure to read * New York Times * Few recent writers have had such an infectious prose style as Adams. With his fondness for paradox, his galactic perspective on things and his wonderful way with meaningful nonsense his are the books which have launched a trillion quips -- Robert McFarlane