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Bestselling novelist, avid ecologist, inventor of words and leading technologist, Douglas Adams was one of the most influential thinkers of the late 20th century. His was an extraordinary life: he started his career as a struggling comedy sketch writer but then became an overnight success after his 'Hitchhiker' series were first aired by the BBC in 1978. Arthur Dent s adventures through space with his friend Ford Prefect became a popular culture phenomenon, spawning bestselling novels by Adams, hit television and stage shows, a cult following and fan clubs all over the world. This is the first book to tell the life story of Douglas Adams, since his untimely death at the age of forty-nine in May 2001. Brilliantly researched and packed with anecdotes from friends and colleagues, it is the definitive biography of this extraordinary man.Product Identifiers
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
ISBN-139780340824887
eBay Product ID (ePID)86994754
Product Key Features
Book TitleHitchhiker: a Biography of Douglas Adams
AuthorM. J. Simpson
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature
Publication Year2003
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages411 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height160mm
Item Width242mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorM. J. Simpson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom