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The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul is a 1988 science fiction detective novel by Douglas Adams. It is the second book by Adams featuring private detective Dirk Gently.
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
When one of Dirk's clients, who had retained him on the bizarre pretext that he was being stalked by a green-eyed monster with a scythe, is unexpectedly murdered by a green-eyed monster with a scythe, Dirk embarks on an investigation that involves exploding airport check-in counters, the gods of Norse mythology, a sinister nursing home, rhinophagic eagles, the I Ching, and a god who sold his soul to a lawyer.
| Preceded by: | Series: | Followed by: |
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| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Dirk Gently series | The Salmon of Doubt |