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Shortly afterwards his sister, susan, was born three years later followed by the divorce of their parents in 1957, as his mother then went to live in an rspca shelter in brentwood with his grandparents. Its not hard to find at all, unless you are looking for some strange version. There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and. Douglas adams books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. Douglas adams 19522001 was the muchloved author of the hitchhikers trilogy, including the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, which was later adapted as a feature film. From 1959 until 1970 he went to brentwood school in essex, and his main interest was science.
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