'Sheer delight' - The Times ***** The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a witty detective
story perfect for fans of his phenomenally successful The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy .
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 to the
effect that the situation was completely under control that it was a one in a million chance
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 and a picnic before finally having to admit
that it wasn't actually 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? 'A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time
travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic' - Douglas Adams on Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective
Agency. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is the second Dirk Gently book by Douglas Adams.
Continue this surreal series with the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt. ***** Praise for
Douglas Adams: 'Magical' - Sunday Express 'One of the world's sanest smartest kindest
funniest voices' - Independent on Sunday 'A pleasure to read' - New York Times
