The Salmon of Doubt - 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.

About the author

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.

Summary

This distinctive and inimitable last collection is the ultimate must-have title for Douglas Adams fans.

Report

A pleasure to read New York Times

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Adams
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 16
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781529034608
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-3460-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Dirk Gently; Die Dirk-Gently-Serie
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy > Fantasy; Fantasy, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Humorous / General, Language, Short Stories, FICTION / Fantasy / Humorous, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Humour, Humorous fiction, Literary essays, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Comic (humorous) fantasy, FICTION / Science Fiction / Crime & Mystery, Comic (humorous) crime and mystery