An act of force majeure

That Douglas Adams is not an ordinary author was the success of the Hitchhiker trilogy has impressively demonstrated in five parts, but also his Dirk Gently novels are very unconventional, partly because Adams unfinished third Dirk Gently novel, was not as common in the industry completed by a ghostwriter other hand, because is "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" no real continuation of "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and thus represents a departure from the usual style of Adam (on the plot of the first volume is hardly referred to).

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul begins with an act of force majeure. A check-in desk at London's largest airport Heathrow thunders plötzlkich through the ceiling. Dirk Gently's secretary Miss Pearce, who is now married Misses Smith is, however, disappeared. Most recently, she had a job with the airline believed their departure switch has now extremely uncommon changed his Standord. Now, the switch is back, Miss Smith, however, disappeared. And Dirk Gently refrigerator problems can initially do not pay attention, because it is plagued by money worries and only through a "Random" is on the trail of the flying switch ...

As in "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" is also "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" is a fast-paced hunt for purely random contexts and events, which has been awarded the first Dirk Gently novel its special charm. This time it is the underlying concept of the entanglement of events but of course as before. Likewise, the act is clearly structured and the beginning is less a leap of faith equal.

New investigative methods also are used, especially Dirk Gentlys special chases. The title "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" is an allusion to "The Dark Night of Soul" would, however, perhaps a little better fitted to the first adventure Dirk Gentlys where it was dealing with a ghost, so to speak located was in such a long dark teatime of the soul, waiting for salvation, while only the most boring can hinleben right, however, unaware of what comes next.

Conclusion:
Less confused and more clearly structured than its predecessor, a work that the comparison, however, need not fear and the first Dirk Gently case even surpasses droll ingenuity.