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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by 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 Read More..

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Description	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by 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 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.A BBC Radio adaptation of six episodes starring Harry Enfield was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from October 2007. A second series based on the sequel was broadcast from October 2008. A 2010 television adaptation by Howard Overman for BBC Four borrowed some of the characters and some minor plot elements of the novel to create a new story.
Description	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by 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 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.A BBC Radio adaptation of six episodes starring Harry Enfield was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from October 2007. A second series based on the sequel was broadcast from October 2008. A 2010 television adaptation by Howard Overman for BBC Four borrowed some of the characters and some minor plot elements of the novel to create a new story.

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Name	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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Authors	Douglas Adams
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Genre	FantasyScience fiction novel
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Series	Dirk Gently
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Language	English
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Country	England
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Pages	306 pp (paperback edition)
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Media_type	Print (Paperback and Hardcover), Audiobook (cassette and compact disc)
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Isbn	0-671-69267-4
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Oclc	320855177
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Publisher	UK: William Heinemann Ltd., US: Pocket Books
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