The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul

Author: Douglas Adams

Alternative cover editions for this ISBN can be found here and hereWhen a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shot up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame the usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA, then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement to the effect that the situation was….Read More

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