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{{DEFAULTSORT:Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, The}} {{MediaInfobox | Name = The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul | Image = The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul First UK Hardcover Edition.jpg | Media = [[Novel]] | Creators = [[Douglas Adams]] | Distributors = [[wikipedia:William Heinemann Ltd.|William Heinemann Ltd.]] | Release = October 10, 1988 }} '''The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul''' is the second [[Dirk Gently]] novel, written by [[Douglas Adams]] and published in 1988. It follows his original novel ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (novel)|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''. It was followed by a third and final uncompleted book published after Adams' death, ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]]''. ==History== This media does not have a history recorded yet. ==Synopsis== ==Plot== <!-- this section is a complete wikipedia rip and should ideally be changed to something original as soon as possible. --> [[Dirk Gently]], who calls himself a "[[holistic detective]]", has happened upon what he thinks is a rather comfortable situation. A [[Geoffrey Anstey|wealthy man]] in the record industry has retained him, spinning a story about being stalked by a [[green-eyed man|seven-foot-tall, green-eyed, scythe-wielding monster]]. Dirk pretends to understand the man's ravings involving potatoes and a [[Odin's contract|contract]] signed in blood coming due; when in reality, Dirk is musing about what he might do if he actually receives payment for his "services" – such as getting rid of [Dirk Gently's fridge|his refrigerator]], which is so filthy inside that it has become the centrepiece of a showdown between himself and [[Elena|his cleaning woman]]. The seriousness of his client's claims becomes clear when Dirk arrives several hours late for an appointment to find a swarm of police around his client's estate. The aforementioned client is found in a sealed and heavily barricaded room, his head neatly removed several feet from his body and rotating on a turntable. While at his recently deceased client's house, he discovers that his client had a son. However, after Dirk disconnects the television set the boy had been watching, the boy promptly breaks Dirk's nose. Nearly incapacitated by guilt, Dirk resolves to take his now-late client's wild claims seriously. During his investigation, Gently encounters exploding airport check-in counters, the gods of Norse mythology, insulting horoscopes, a [[Woodshead Hospital|sinister nursing home]], a rhino-phagic eagle, an [[I Ching calculator]] (to which everything calculated above the value of 4 is apparently 'a suffusion of yellow'), an [[Odin|omnipotent being]] who gives his powers to a [[Clive Draycott|lawyer]] and an [[Cynthia Draycott|advertising executive]] in exchange for clean linen, and an attractive [[Kate Schechter|American woman]] who gets angry when she can't get pizza delivered in London. ==Characters== *[[Dirk Gently]] *[[Kate Schechter]] *[[Thor]] *[[Geoffrey Anstey]] *[[Clive Draycott]] *[[Cynthia Draycott]] *[[Toe Rag]] *[[Nobby]] *[[Odin]] *[[Ralph Standish]] *[[Sally Mills]] *[[Sister Bailey]] *[[Elena]] *[[Bates]] *[[Anstey boy]] *[[Big Bob the Finder]] *[[Tsuliwaënsis]] ==Notes== This media does not have any additional notes listed. ==Gallery== <gallery widths=200> File:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul First UK Hardcover Edition.jpg </gallery> ==References== This section is for footnotes and citations. <references/> ==External links== * [[wikipedia:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul at Wikipedia.org]] [[Category:Novels]]
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