This book will ring a bell with any Doctor Who fans, its based in part on the City of Death script(also by Adams), but don't let this put you off, its much more than this, it is a groovy, off the wall, quirky and marvellous book that will change your life, no, really it will.
It is THE most obtuse star to a book you may ever read, the first several chapters are all apparently unconnected threads that all spin togerther with the sort of clever wit that astonishes you so much you find yourself turning back the pages to see if it ties in with what happened earlier - and it does, maybe the book was written backwards?
The main character Dirk is a role model for all oddball misfits with attitude out there, he uses holisitic (apparently unconnected acts all have some significance, chaos theory that sort of thing) methods and dextrous wordplay to come to some absolutely great conclusions, for example when lost he picks a car at random and follows it, in the sure knowledge that even if it is not going where he initially wanted to, it may well be going somewhere altogether more interesting and relevant - try it, it works.
The book is as funny as all of Douglas Adams stuff is, (VERY) , and is one of the few books that I have read a number of times and has a special plot on my bookshelf.
So if you loved the hhgttg series, get this, read it, buy an I Ching calculator and live your life a different, more holistic way...
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