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  • The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

  • Dirk Gently, Book 2
  • By: Douglas Adams
  • Narrated by: Stephen Mangan
  • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (46 ratings)

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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

By: Douglas Adams
Narrated by: Stephen Mangan
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Publisher's Summary

The second Dirk Gently book by Douglas Adams, 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. This new audio edition is hilariously narrated by Stephen Mangan - star of Green Wing, Episodes, and the original Dirk Gently series on the BBC.

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?

Continue this surreal series with the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.

©2011 Douglas Adams (P)2021 Macmillan Publishers International Limited

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Another amazing book by Douglass Adams an a good reader as well thanks you both!

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I judged a book by its cover

I was walking by a second-hand bookshop once and saw a book with the title ‘Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul on a silver tea-tray against a stormy looking sky. It caught my attention and, since it was very cheap, I bought it. That was well over 25 years ago now. It has since been replaced with a paperback and an ebook and now an audio book!

I adore this story…in case you couldn’t guess. This version more than lived up to expectations. The narrator was really good and I often lost track of time as I was listening. I’m so glad I can now enjoy a beloved story when I can’t stop to physically read a book.

Highly recommend.

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An amazingly well woven and fantastic story

Wonderfully narrated, very funny, well written. If you like intelligent, weird humour you will love it.

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Marvellous.

Very well read sequel to Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Thoroughly entertaining. If only life were that interesting.

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Ok but not quite the same as book 1

An ok story and well read but nowhere near as much detail and story being stitched together as Dirk Gently book 1

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