A BOOK detailing the life of one of Stalbridge’s “most famous sons”, the popular author Douglas Adams, was gifted to Stalbridge Town Council this week.

Douglas Adams is the author of the world renowned Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Its said that he was inspired to write the book upon looking out the window of his family home on Grove Lane where he heard workmen demolishing buildings at an old glove factory, which inspired the opening lines in the Hitchhiker’s Guide, “In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”

Douglas Adams died in 2001

Mr Adams’ friend and biographer, Kevin Jon Davies, presented his new book about the life of the Stalbridge author, 42 The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams, at the Sturminster Newton Literary Festival last month.

Sturminster Newton town councillor Pauline Batstone presented Stalbridge Town Council with a copy of the book as a “reminder that this is one of Stalbridge’s most famous sons.”