Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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comic science fiction novel detective novel novel

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comic science fiction detective novel by Douglas Adams that follows the eccentric "holistic detective" Dirk Gently as he solves mysteries through the interconnectedness of all things.

Aliases (4)

Dirk Gently ×5
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency ×2
Dirk Gently franchise ×1
Dirk Gently series ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comic science fiction novel → detective novel → novel →
adaptedInto	Dirk Gently (2010 TV series) → Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 TV series) → radio drama →
author	Douglas Adams →
basedOnEarlierWork	Doctor Who scripts by Douglas Adams → Doctor Who story "City of Death" → Doctor Who story "Shada" →
character	Dirk Gently → Professor Urban Chronotis → Reg Chronotis → Richard MacDuff → Susan Way →
containsElement	college life → computer technology → ghosts → time travel →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
coverArtist	Terry Oakes →
featuresConcept	holistic detection → interconnectedness of all things →
firstPublicationDate	1987-05-01 →
followedBy	The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul →
genre	comic novel → detective fiction → science fiction →
hasSequel	The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul →
isbn	0-434-95008-6 →
literaryStyle	humorous → satirical →
mainCharacter	Dirk Gently →
mediaType	print →
narrativePerspective	third-person →
notableFor	combining detective fiction with science fiction and comedy → introducing the character Dirk Gently →
originalLanguage	English →
pageCount	256 →
partOfSeries	Dirk Gently series →
precededBy	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →
protagonist	Dirk Gently →
publicationYear	1987 →
publisher	William Heinemann →
setIn	Cambridge → England → London →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ("Dirk Gently") → The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ("Dirk Gently") →	mainCharacter
Elijah Wood → Tyler Labine ("Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency") →	notableWork
Tyler Labine ("Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency") →	appearedIn
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ("Dirk Gently") →	character
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ("Dirk Gently") →	featuresCharacter
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul →	follows
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ("Dirk Gently franchise") →	partOf
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul →	precededBy
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ("Dirk Gently") →	protagonist
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ("Dirk Gently series") →	series