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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

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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](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163714W). It was followed by the [Salmon of Doubt](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163715W), 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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Douglas Adams

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Science-Fiction Fiction English literature Fiction, humorous, general Fiction, science fiction, general Fiction, humorous New York Times reviewed Private investigators, fiction Physicians Private investigators Norse Mythology Fiction, fantasy, contemporary Norse Gods Gently, dirk (fictitious character), fiction Dirk Gently (Fictitious character) horoscopes

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

Works (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / Mostly Harmless / Young Zaphod Plays it Safe)

1996

The Salmon of Doubt

1995

Mostly Harmless

1991

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Hyperland

1990

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

1987

Works (The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / The Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / Young Zaphod Plays it Safe)

1986