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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Dirk Gently, Book 1

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

By: Douglas Adams
Narrated by: Stephen Mangan
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is a much-loved cult classic, that has spawned radio dramas, television, theatre and comic book adaptations across the globe. This new audio edition is hilariously narrated by Stephen Mangan – star of Green Wing, Episodes, and the original Dirk Gently series on the BBC.

What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum mechanics, a Chronologist over two hundred years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet), and pizza have in common?

Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza – not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge).

To find out more, read this book (better still, buy it then read it) – or contact Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

'A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic' - Douglas Adams.

Continue this surreal series with The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul and the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.

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Critic reviews

Rich and endlessly entertaining (Stephen Mangan)
A pleasure to read
Few recent writers have had such an infectious prose style as Adams. With his fondness for paradox, his galactic perspective on things and his wonderful way with meaningful nonsense his are the books which have launched a trillion quips (Robert McFarlane)
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Very enjoyable and with the same mind bending plots as Hitch-Hickers Guide to the Galaxy. not to be confused with the TV series, this is totally different and much more enjoyable.

Certainly different, probably very good

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Exquisitely absurd. Can’t recommend hard enough. Does not need nine more words to praise it!

Exceptional.

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Douglas Adams writes with superb absurdity that can capture anyone's imagination. The story takes many twists and turns and is at times hard to follow but comes together brilliantly at the end.

The comedy

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Loved everything about this book! Was not what I expected but very enjoyable. Now on to book 2

Loved it

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Difficult to follow so not a casual background listen but superbly written and narrated with some laugh out loud moments

Confusing but perseverance will be rewarded !

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