Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, first published in 1987. It is described by the author on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic".
The book was followed by a sequel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul …
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, first published in 1987. It is described by the author on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic".
The book was followed by a sequel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. The only recurring major characters are the eponymous Dirk Gently, his secretary Janice Pearce and Sergeant Gilks. Adams also began work on another novel, The Salmon of Doubt, with the intention of publishing it as the third book in the series, but died before completing it.
mass market paperback, 306 pages
English language
Published March 8, 1988 by Pocket Books.
Mass Market Paperback, 306 pages
English language
Published May 6, 1988 by Pocket Books.
Mass Market Paperback, 306 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 2002 by Pocket Books.
Hardcover, 247 pages
English language
Published March 8, 1987 by Simon and Schuster.
Paperback, 247 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 1988 by Pan Books.
Paperback, 242 pages
Italian language
Published Feb. 8, 1996 by Feltrinelli.
school & library binding, 306 pages
English language
Published June 8, 1991 by Rebound by Sagebrush.
Hardcover, 295 pages
Published March 8, 1988 by Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweitausendeins.
Hardcover
English language
Published Jan. 14, 1990 by Random House Value Publishing.
Paperback, 336 pages
Published Oct. 17, 2018 by Alfa Basim Yayim Dagitim.
Paperback, 283 pages
German language
Published Nov. 1, 2001 by Heyne.
audio cd
English language
Published Sept. 30, 2005 by Phoenix Audio.
audio cd
English language
Published June 8, 2001 by New Millennium Audio.
audio cd, 1 pages
Published Nov. 8, 2007 by BBC Books.
Paperback
Spanish language
Published Dec. 8, 1993 by Anagrama.
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