Friday, April 26, 2013

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Book Jacket for: The long dark tea-time of the soul
I recently decided to re-read Douglas Adams “detective” novels and so picked up The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.  It was just as entertaining as I remembered it being.  If you haven’t read it, it features Dirk Gently (the holistic detective), an exploding airport terminal, hordes of disgruntled gods, and some seriously dark-souled lawyers (cue the lawyer jokes).  Reading it now I have to think that some of the underlying ideas here seriously influenced Gaiman’s book American Gods.

Anyway, if you haven’t read it give it a try (it’s good).  If you have, perhaps it’s time for a re-read.