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{{quote|"...it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in ... as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul..."|''[[Life the Universe And Everything]]''}}▼
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| author = Douglas Adams
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| elevator pitch = A journalist and a "detective" cross paths as their respective investigations lead to evidence of the existence of Norse gods. A Coca-Cola machine and a mouldy refrigerator may be involved.
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| franchise = Dirk Gently
| preceded by = Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
| followed by = The Salmon of Doubt
| publication date = October 10, 1988
| wiki URL = https://dirkgently.fandom.com/wiki/Dirk_Gently%27s_Holistic_Wiki
| wiki name = Dirk Gently's Holistic Wiki
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▲{{quote|"...it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in ... as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul..."|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life,
''The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'' is [[Douglas Adams]]'s 1988 sequel to ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''. It deals with multiple dimensions, Norse Gods, refrigerators, murder and record company contracts.
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Followed by ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]]'' [[Author Existence Failure|(unfinished)]].
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* [[The Alleged Car]]: Kate's Citroën 2CV is the [[Trope Namer]] -- at one point she's in court for a traffic mishap (her car threw a wheel and nearly caused an accident) and a police officer refers to it as "the alleged car", and the name sticks.
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
{{quote|King's Cross Station is a scary place, full of muggers, pimps, drug-pushers and hamburger salesmen. If you want cheap sex, a quick fix or -- God help you -- a hamburger, this is where you can find it.}}
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* [[90% of Your Brain]]: Kate, shortly before awakening from a coma in a hospital, has a dream in which her mind is represented by an infinite collection of cabin trunks, of which ten percent contain past memories, and the remaining ninety percent contain [[Everything's Better with Penguins|penguins]]. She assumes this trope is in effect.
* [[Norse Mythology]]
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* [[Occult Detective]]
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: A minor character is a writer named Howard Bell. It is stated that his writing is absolutely horrible, but he remains wildly popular and successful for two reasons: he deliberately cultivates an air of freakish mystery, and his name is perfect for a book cover because the first name is long and the last name is short. On his books, his first name is written in a medium-sized blocky font followed by his last name in a larger font, so that his name fills out the cover and upstages the title. Bell is probably a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] version of [[Stephen King]], but still, it's funny to see that character created by someone named Douglas Adams.
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