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Adams, Douglas.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / Holistic detective agency. Douglas Adams. - First Gallery Books trade paperback edition. - New York, NY : Gallery Books, 2014. - 260 pages ; 22 cm. - Dirk Gently ; 1 . - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. .

Originally published: [London] : Heinemann, 1987.

Quirky and bumbling private investigator Dirk Gently stumbles upon a ghost, millions of years old, wandering the earth and disturbing its people. Dirk soon discovers this phantom yearns for more than a good haunting: it is desperately trying to go back in time to prevent its own death. But this ghost was no ordinary person, and helping it save itself just might change the modern world as we know it. And not in a good way!

ISBN: 9781476782997 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2015506640

Subjects--Corporate Names:
University of Cambridge--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gently, Dirk (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Mystery fiction.
Science fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction
Science fiction
Humorous fiction

LC Class. No.: PR6051.D3352 / D5 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.914