Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul | Douglas Adams | Hugely Entertaining & Refreshingly Funny

Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul | Douglas Adams | The Improbabilities of Private Investigation

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Long Dark Tea Time...

	Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul Douglas Adams Pocket, 1991 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 79 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Hugely Entertaining & Refreshingly Funny

THE LONG, DARK TEA TIME is a surprisingly different detective novel in which the hero, Dirk Gently, suffers from a number of humorous personality quirks. Dirk refuses to open his refrigerator, follows cars that seem to know when they're going when he's lost, and prefers to consider impossible scenarios over highly improbable ones. He also has a penchant for taking things that aren't his... although no matter how badly things seem to be going for him, he always seems to manage to end up in the right place at the right time. And perhaps this is the greatest lesson that Dirk Gently has to share.

I laughed out loud so often while reading LONG DARK TEA TIME that I cried, and found myself reading and re-reading passages to savor them again and again. Douglas Adams is truly a master story teller, even when dealing with a plot that ping-pongs back and forth between two main character who are coping with extremely unusual (and dare I say impossible) situations. Keeping track of the plot was challenging at times, but well worth the effort.

I highly recommend this book, and now plan to make sure I read everything Adams has written!

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The Improbabilities of Private Investigation

I must admit that I have not read the precusor to the Dirk Gently series, but do not feel that this put me at a loss in reading this novel. Douglas Adams has developed an entire world within a world that makes little sense but is smashing fun (if a little confusing to read). "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" is a fast-paced mystery filled with humor, satire, and the kitchen refrigerator.

A mysterious accident occurs at Heathrow Airport in which a check-in desk and its attendent disappear in a ball of flame. Without any other reason, the occurence is written off as an act of God. But the question remains as to which god would do such a thing. It is up to Dirk Gently, holistic detective, to try to uncover the mystery that spans two worlds and gods among mortals. If only he can figure out what that has to do with his recently decapitated client as he embarks on the most miserable day of his life.

"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" can be initially confusing since Adams skips between two characters' narrations and the storyline is far-fetched, to say the least. But the story all comes together in the end, perhaps a little too quickly and summarily, to solve the mystery and ensure that the immortals are in their right place and not messing in the affairs of humans. The plot is wickedly brillant; a refreshing escape from the mundane.

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Dirk returns

this is yet another wonderous zany journey from Douglas
Adams. If you've ever wondered what humans do with all the brain matter they don't seem to use, what happens to gods when people stop believing in them, or whether it's possible to get pizza delivered in London, this book is for you. Same series as "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency", but I read this one first and the plot didn't suffer. Absolutely incredible.

Near Perfection

Receives four stars instead of five only because of abrupt ending. Like all of Adams, is funny, poignant and enjoyable. Life is short, and this book is a good way to get more of it.

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