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The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul
 

The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul

by Douglas Adams

Sequel to Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. A passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport goes up in a ball of flame and Dirk Gently becomes very inquisitive. (read review)

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Amazon Reviews (5)
 

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Liked It

Richard J
  • Rated 5 stars

“Absolutely loved the absurdity of this book! Immensely entertaining.”

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Didn’t Like It

Kassiana
  • Rated 1 stars

“This book is the verbal equivalent of abstract art. Bad abstract art, the kind you stare at and wonder, "People like this? They pay for this kind of crap?" Oh, how far Douglas Adams fell from the excellence of the first Hitchhiker book, or even Dirk Gently's.”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.046617 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.1875 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • counterfeitfro

    counterfeitfro said:

    “I've got to tell you that on three different occasions I have been lost, followed someone who looked like they knew where they were going and got to where I wanted to be.”

    posted Tuesday, March 27 2007
  • cbh4

    cbh4 said:

    “Actually, its the second in the series, after "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detecitve Agency." The first was a little more raw--it seemed like Adams was just kind of riffing on different ideas, like Shroedinger's (sp?) cat. If you didn't like Tea Time, you probably won't like Dirk gently's, tho.”

    posted Monday, March 26 2007
  • bookgrouch

    bookgrouch said:

    “This book made me laugh out loud many times. I love the sense of humor, such as the scene in the book where Dirk's car won't start and the repairman is giving him the run around so he steals the repairman's van. brilliant! It's amazing how quickly the repairman caught up with Dirk in Dirk's very own car that presumably wouldn't start due to such misuse and the death of a family of birds.”

    posted Thursday, March 22 2007
  • katfireblade

    katfireblade said:

    “Not with me in the car!”

    posted Thursday, March 15 2007
  • George H.

    george h. said:

    “Perhaps that was where he needed to be?”

    posted Thursday, March 15 2007
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