Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Mass Market Paperback, 306 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 2002 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-671-74672-8
OCLC Number:: 806295684

(5 reviews)

There is a long tradition of Great Detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time-traveller, AND the devastating secret of humankind! (back cover)

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4 stars

Read this back when it first came out, but the sequel made a much larger impression on me. Our "detective" does lots of investigating but not much detecting, and doesn't show up until a good ways into the book. After that, the story really gets going, and everything mentioned is for a reason. Loved the ending.

Looking forward to rereading the second book, and then the third, which I hardly remember. Also planning to check out the BBC television show based on this book soon - it was highly rated. As for the book, 3½ stars.