{"product_id":"2026100009860-secondhand-the-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe","title":"The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: dj - price clipped. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do after you've accidentally discovered the meaning of life, narrowly escaped the destruction of Earth, and hitched a ride on a stolen spaceship? You make a dinner reservation at Milliways — the Restaurant at the End of the Universe — where the food is excellent, the floorshow is the literal annihilation of all existence, and the company is, at best, questionable. The second instalment in Douglas Adams' legendary Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series picks up where the chaos left off, reuniting Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, and the perpetually depressed robot Marvin as they hurtle through time, space, and bureaucratic absurdity in search of a decent meal and, perhaps, some answers.\n\nAdams' singular genius lies in his ability to weaponise wit against the grandest of existential questions, turning the cold indifference of the cosmos into a relentless comedy of errors. His prose is a masterclass in satirical precision — skewering capitalism, religion, and the human (and non-human) condition with the lightest possible touch and the sharpest possible blade. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe cemented Adams' place as one of the most inventive comic minds of the twentieth century, and decades after its first publication, the novel's absurdist logic feels not only timeless but unnervingly prescient. The only question that remains: will the universe end before the bill arrives?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203283296475,"sku":"2026100009860-SECONDHAND","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/81df34b8-bb1d-411a-8691-a7e806638e22.png?v=1788147511","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009860-secondhand-the-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}