Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by:
Douglas Adams (author)
There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, AND the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: NO CHARGE.
There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, AND the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: NO CHARGE.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780671746728 (0671746723)
ASIN: 671746723
Publish date: June 1st 1991
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages no: 306
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Science Fiction,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Detective,
Time Travel
Series: Dirk Gently (#1)
I liked this a lot more than I expected to. I had read the author’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy about 20 years ago and, while I remember finding it mildly amusing and clever at times, I also found it too unrealistically silly to take seriously and didn’t much care for it. My memory of that bo...
A mostly interesting story but I found it not as funny as expected (or maybe the humor just was not my cup of tea). I will probably have to read the next in this series as this one really did not have a satisfying ending...
A mostly interesting story but I found it not as funny as expected (or maybe the humor just was not my cup of tea). I will probably have to read the next in this series as this one really did not have a satisfying ending...
Dirk Gently ist ein Privatdetektiv der ganz besonderen Art: Anstatt sich an konventionelle Ermittlungsverfahren zu halten, schwört er auf Quantenphysik, Hypnose und natürlich kalte Pizza. Deshalb kommt er auch immer zu unerwarteten und höchst überraschenden Ergebnissen. Als Richard MacDuff, ein Comp...
"Douglas Adams was a bit daft; I like that in an author. It's been years since I first read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and I must say it's a pleasure to reacquaint myself with Mr. Gently. In honor of World Towel Day I had decided to re-read all six volumes of the Hitchhiker's Guide to t...
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