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.
Hardcover
English language
Published Jan. 14, 1990 by Random House Value Publishing.
Paperback, 283 pages
German language
Published Nov. 1, 2001 by Heyne.
Hardcover, 296 pages
Published Aug. 7, 1988 by Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweitausendeins.
Paperback, 336 pages
Published Oct. 17, 2018 by Alfa Basim Yayim Dagitim.
English language
Published Dec. 17, 2021 by Pan Macmillan.
Paperback
Published Nov. 1, 2012 by Kabalci Yayinevi.
audio cd, 1 pages
Published Nov. 8, 2007 by BBC Books.
Audio Cassette
English language
Published May 7, 1997 by Audio Literature.
Audio CD
English language
Published June 7, 2001 by New Millennium Audio.
English language
Published Dec. 21, 2012 by Pan Macmillan.
Douglas Adams: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (AudiobookFormat, 2001, New Millennium Audio)
Audio Cassette
English language
Published June 7, 2001 by New Millennium Audio.
Paperback
English language
Published Nov. 14, 1987 by Pocket.
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio.
Audio Cassette
English language
Published June 1, 1993 by Simon & Schuster Audio.
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