An edition of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)

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An edition of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

printing (10)
  • 3.9 (54 ratings) ·
  • 121 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 80 Have read

Funnier than Psycho.
More chilling than Jeeves Takes Charge.

When a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shot up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame, the usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA, then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement claiming the situation was completely under control, that there was hardly any radioactive leakage at all and that the site of the explosion would make a nice location for a day out with the kids. Before they finally admitted that it wasn't anything to do with them at all.

No rational cause could be found for the explosion - it was simply designated an act of God. But, thinks Dirk Gently, which God? And why? What God would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15:37 to Oslo?
--back cover

Publish Date
Publisher
Pan Books
Language
English
Pages
276

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Cover of: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
2012, Pan Books
paperback in English - printing (10)
Cover of: Beau comme un aéroport
Beau comme un aéroport: Dirk Gentle, détective holistique II
2003, Gallimard
Paperback in French
Cover of: Der lange dunkle Fünfuhrtee der Seele
Der lange dunkle Fünfuhrtee der Seele: Dirk Gently's Holistische Detektei
2002, Heyne
Paperback in German
Cover of: Der lange dunkle Fünfuhrtee der Seele
Der lange dunkle Fünfuhrtee der Seele
1996-03, Ullstein
Paperback in German - 6. Auflage
Cover of: Der Lange Dunkle Fünf Uhr Tee Der Seele
Der Lange Dunkle Fünf Uhr Tee Der Seele
1991-11, Ullstein Buchverlage Gmbh
Mass Market Paperback in German - 2. Auflage
Cover of: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1990-01, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Pocket Books printing (1)
Cover of: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1990-01, Turtleback
Turtleback in English
Cover of: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1989, Pan Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - printing (2)
Cover of: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1988, Simon and Schuster
Hardcover in English - printing (1)
Cover of: The long dark tea-time of the soul
The long dark tea-time of the soul
1988, Simon and Schuster
in English - [Book club ed.]

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UK

Published in
London
Copyright Date
1988

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6051.D3352

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Pagination
275p.
Number of pages
276

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27630030M
Internet Archive
longdarkteatimeo0000adam
ISBN 10
1447221109
ISBN 13
9781447221104
OCLC/WorldCat
877639371
Amazon ID (ASIN)
, 1447221109
Goodreads
58596279

Work Description

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.

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It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport."
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