It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport."
An edition of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
(1988)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1st Pocket Books printing (1)
by Douglas Adams and Douglas Adams
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When a passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the explosion is deemed an act of God. But which god, wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently? What god would be hanging around Heathrow trying to catch the 3:37 to Oslo?
And what has this to do with Dirk's latest—and late—client, found only this morning with his head revolving atop the hit record "Hot Potato"?
Amid the hostile attentions of a stray eagle and the trauma of a very dirty refrigerator, super-sleuth Dirk Gently will once again solve the mysteries of the universe...
--back cover
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
2012, Pan Books
paperback
in English
- printing (10)
1447221109 9781447221104
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Beau comme un aéroport: Dirk Gentle, détective holistique II
2003, Gallimard
Paperback
in French
2070426831 9782070426836
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Der lange dunkle Fünfuhrtee der Seele: Dirk Gently's Holistische Detektei
2002, Heyne
Paperback
in German
3453210727 9783453210721
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Der lange dunkle Fünfuhrtee der Seele
1996-03, Ullstein
Paperback
in German
- 6. Auflage
354822539X 9783548225395
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Der Lange Dunkle Fünf Uhr Tee Der Seele
1991-11, Ullstein Buchverlage Gmbh
Mass Market Paperback
in German
- 2. Auflage
354822539X 9783548225395
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1990-01, Turtleback
Turtleback
in English
060601764X 9780606017640
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1990-01, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 1st Pocket Books printing (1)
0671694049 9780671694043
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1989, Pan Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- printing (2)
0330309552 9780330309554
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
1988, Simon and Schuster
Hardcover
in English
- printing (1)
0671625837 9780671625832
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Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1988.
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a 1988 humorous fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams. It is the second book by Adams featuring private detective Dirk Gently, the first being Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. It was followed by the Salmon of Doubt, an incomplete Dirk Gently novel included in a posthumous collection of the same name. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul has been adapted for radio, and several plot lines appear in the 2010 BBC TV series.
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