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 Aug. 7, 2002 by Pocket Books.
Hardcover, 247 pages
English language
Published Dec. 21, 1987 by Heinemann.
Hardcover, 247 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 1987 by Simon and Schuster.
Mass Market Paperback, 306 pages
English language
Published May 6, 1988 by Pocket Books.
Mass Market Paperback, 306 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 1988 by Pocket Books.
Paperback, 247 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 1988 by Pan Books.
Paperback, 254 pages
Published April 18, 2006 by Anagrama, Editorial Anagrama.
paperback, 242 pages
Italian language
Published Feb. 6, 1996 by Feltrinelli.
eBook, 304 pages
English language
Published Feb. 25, 2013 by Pocket Books.
paperback, 272 pages
English language
Published Oct. 7, 2014 by Gallery Books.
School & Library Binding, 306 pages
English language
Published June 7, 1991 by Rebound by Sagebrush.
Mass Market Paperback, 223 pages
German language
Published Dec. 21, 1990 by Ullstein.
Paperback, 375 pages
French language
Published Feb. 1, 2003 by Gallimard.
Paperback, 254 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 7, 1993 by Anagrama.
Hardcover
English language
Published Jan. 14, 1990 by Random House Value Publishing.
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