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.
English language
Published Dec. 17, 2021 by Pan Macmillan.
audio cassette
English language
Published May 8, 1997 by Audio Literature.
Paperback
Published Nov. 1, 2012 by Kabalci Yayinevi.
304 pages
Published Feb. 26, 2013 by Pocket Books.
Douglas Adams: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (AudiobookFormat, 2001, New Millennium Audio)
audio cassette
English language
Published June 8, 2001 by New Millennium Audio.
Paperback, 375 pages
French language
Published March 8, 2003 by Gallimard.
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio.
audio cassette
English language
Published June 1, 1993 by Simon & Schuster Audio.
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