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      The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

      by Douglas Adams
      Published
      Mar 1989
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      320
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      Dirk Gently Book 2

      About This Book

      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 stretch 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 his quest to solve the mysteries of the universe.

      Series Placement

      Book 2
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      Genres & Themes

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      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Science Fiction

      Themes

      Locked Room Mystery

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