Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes
the world is pink, quantum mechanics, a Chronologist over 200 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 cost).
To find out more, read this book (better still, buy it then read it) – or contact Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
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Dirk Gently
Dirk Gently consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
