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3 out of 5 stars
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United Kingdom
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Douglas Adams
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is first novel in the Dirk Gently series by author Douglas Adams. Richard Macduff's boss is shot through the chest while he has parked his car. The police initially suspect Richard as the killer so he hires Dirk to find out the truth.
Most people will be more familiar with Adam's famous work the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Adam's was first and foremost a science fiction writer and this book is more a science fiction novel with crime in it rather than a straight crime novel.
Adams brings his famous witty writing to create a book that is extremely funny to read and is definitely entertaining. The writing goes places that you wouldn't expect it to as does the plot and happily goes off at tangents that you wouldn't suspect.
The book is much more science fiction based than the TV series adaptation would lead you to believe. And actually, as always the book is much better.
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