The long dark tea-time of the soul

Douglas Adams for those who may not be familiar with either him or his books writes rather tangentialy than linearly, this consideration may help those, possibly especially Americans who don't seem to fathom his humour. This thought may also help explain the rationale behind the eponymous hero Svlad Cjelli the Holistic Detective, with a zen approach to driving, who's as likely to follow a vehicle which seems to know where it's going, it may not lead where he thinks he has to go, but he invariably finds the journey worthwhile. Here in the UK there has finally been radio versions of both Holistic Detective novels, tragic that the BBC had to wait until Douglas Adams had died before they commissioned them. They featured the English comic Harry Enfield, and worked after their fashion, especially if you heard them before you read them. They also took a more literal approach to the stories than Douglas had, but they at least stayed faithful to the stories including all the elements. Which is far more than one can say of other TV versions of the books, which bare little or no relation to even the principle character.