42 - Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything

For many, many years readers have wondered: why is the number 42 the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything? What was Douglas Adams thinking when wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? After 10 years of research amateur numerological sleuth and Douglas Adams fan Peter Gill can finally he can reveal the truth.

He has counted, added, multiplied and divided. The 42 hours which it took the Beatles to record Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da pales into insignificance beside his research efforts. Although, unlike Sir Paul McCartney, who waited 42 years after recording that song to actually perform it live, Peter Gill is ready now to share his arcane secrets with the world.