The long dark tea-time of the soul

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The long dark tea-time of the soul (2014, Gallery Books)

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Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 13-a de aŭgusto 2014 de Gallery Books.

ISBN:
978-1-4767-8300-0
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Numero OCLC:
873006656

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When a check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the event is said to be an act of God. But which god? wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently. And how is this connected to Dirk's battle with his cleaning lady over his filthy refrigerator ... or to the murder of his latest client? Or are these events just another stretch of coincidences in the life of the world's most off-kilter private investigator?

21 eldonoj

recenzis The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul de Douglas Adams

Rambling, and disappointing

2 steloj

I bought this book for a second time (it turned out, although I still can't find my original copy but it is allegedly lurking somewhere in the house) and read it after a recommendation from someone on Mastodon but as I read it I remembered how disappointed I'd been the first time.

Fundamentally I think there's an interesting plot idea here but Adams' unravelling of it is confusing and assumes the reader knows as much as he does about Norse mythology and hence he can't be arsed to explain.

Temoj

  • Norse Gods
  • Physicians
  • Dirk Gently (Fictitious character)
  • Private investigators
  • Fiction

Lokoj

  • England
  • London