 The front cover of the UK first hardcover edition of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul | |
| Author | Douglas Adams |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Dirk Gently |
| Genre | Comedy, science fiction |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
Publication date | 10 October 1988 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) & Audio Book (Cassette, CD) |
| Pages | 256 (hardcover), 320 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-434-00921-0 (hardcover edition) & ISBN 0-671-74251-5 (US paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 59213038 |
| Preceded by | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
| Followed by | The Salmon of Doubt |
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. Adams had intended to follow it with a third such novel, The Salmon of Doubt, but he died before completing it; an unfinished draft is included in a posthumously published 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.