The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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?
Funnier than Psycho... more chilling thanJeeves Takes Charge... shorter than War and Peace... the new Dirk
Gently novel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) was an English author and dramatist. He is best known as the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Hitchhiker's began on radio, and developed into a ”trilogy” of five books (which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime).
His other written works include the Dirk Gently novels, and he co-wrote two Liff books and Last Chance to See, itself based on a radio series. A posthumous collection of essays and other material, including an incomplete novel, was published as The Salmon of Doubt in 2002.
Dirk Gently
Dirk Gently consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
