The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Oct 7, 2014
Page Count
256 pages
Publisher
Gallery Books
ISBN-13
9781476783000

Format

Trade Paperback

Format:

Trade Paperback

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Beloved, bumbling Detective Dirk Gently returns in this standalone novel from Douglas Adams, the legendary author of one of the most beloved science fiction novels of all time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

When a check-in desk at London’s Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the event is said to be an act of God. But which god? wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently. And how is this connected to Dirk’s battle with his cleaning lady over his filthy refrigerator…or to the murder of his latest client? Or are these events just another series of coincidences in the life of the world’s most off-kilter private investigator?

Douglas Adams, “one of England’s top exporters of irreverence” (Chicago Tribune), continues the implausible adventures of supersleuth Dirk Gently in this surreal and hilarious detective story that combines absurdist satire with metaphysical science fiction.