THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL - DIRK GENTLY 2
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.
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?
'A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic' - Douglas Adams, on Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is the second Dirk Gently book by Douglas Adams. Continue this surreal series with the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.
Praise for Douglas Adams:
'Magical' - Sunday Express
'One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices' - Independent on Sunday
'A pleasure to read' - New York Times
Edad recomendada: A partir de 16 años
ADAMS DOUGLAS
Douglas Adams 1952-2001 nació en Cambridge, Reino Unido, y vivió con su mujer y su hija en Islington, Londres, hasta que se trasladó a Santa Bárbara, California, donde murió inesperadamente. A lo largo de su vida, colaboró activamente con la Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund y la Save the Rhino International. Anagrama ha publicado su «trilogía en cinco partes», formada por Guía del autoestopista galáctico, El restaurante del fin del mundo, La vida, el universo y todo lo demás, Hasta luego, y gracias por el pescado e Informe sobre la Tierra: fundamentalmente inofensiva, y también Dirk Gently, agencia de investigaciones holísticas, Iras celestiales y Mañana no estarán. Aunque inigualable, este autor ha sido comparado con Lewis Carroll, Jonathan Swift, Kurt Vonnegut, Groucho Marx y los fabulosos Monty Python.
