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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Douglas Adams

Part of the Dirk Gently series

  • 285 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1988
  • 34 editions
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1 About this book

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a 1988 humorous fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams. It is the second book by Adams featuring private detective Dirk Gently, the first being Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

It was followed by the Salmon of Doubt, an incomplete Dirk Gently novel included in a posthumous collection of the same name. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul has been adapted for radio, and several plot lines appear in the 2010 BBC TV series.

Good for readers who want: fantasy and humor.

  • Norse Mythology
  • Fantasy, contemporary
  • Humor
  • Science fiction
  • Private investigators
  • Dirk Gently
  • Physicians

2 About Douglas Adams

1952–2001

Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a 2005 feature film. Adams was born in Cambridge and raised in Essex.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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