Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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Simon and Schuster, 1988 - Fiction - 306 pages
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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Contents

I
1
II
4
III
9
IV
12
V
38
VI
45
VII
56
VIII
64
XXVI
187
XXVII
198
XXIX
212
XXX
214
XXXI
219
XXXIII
231
XXXIV
243
XXXVI
247

IX
81
X
88
XII
92
XIII
96
XV
106
XVI
109
XVIII
129
XIX
136
XXI
160
XXII
166
XXIV
176
XXXVII
255
XXXIX
261
XLI
269
XLII
274
XLIII
281
XLIV
286
XLV
292
XLVII
297
XLVIII
302
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (1988)

Douglas Adams Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, England in 1952. He has written for radio, television and theater and has worked as a hospital reporter, barn builder, radio producer, and script editor. His bestsellers include The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

Bibliographic information

TitleDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Volume 1 of Dirk Gently series
AuthorDouglas Adams
PublisherSimon and Schuster, 1988
ISBN0671746723, 9780671746728
Length306 pages
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Fiction / Fantasy / General
Fiction / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
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