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New hardback omnibus to tie-in with the repeat on BBC of The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
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Dirk Gently is a detective - well, a sort of detective. There is a long and honourable tradition of great detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Dirk Gently, however, does not like to eliminate the impossible.In Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency a simple search for a missing cat reveals two ghosts, a dodo, an Electric Monk, the devastating secret that lies behind the whole of human history and threatens to bring it to a premature close, and, finally, the utterly terrifying reason why Richard MacDuff has had a sofa stuck on his stairs for three weeks.As The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul opens a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shoots up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame. The usual people try to claim responsibility. However, no rational cause can be found for the explosion - it was simply designated an act of God. But, thinks Dirk Gently, which God? And why? What God would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15.37 to Oslo? (20010730)
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Douglas Adams you are sorely missed!,
By JJ&TT (NYC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Dirk Gently Omnibus (Hardcover)
After Douglas Adams exhausted what he could of the Hitchhhiker's Guide "Trilogy", he set off on a new ramp with the Dirk Gently character. He ended up only writing two books: "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and "The Dark Tea-time Of The Soul". These are both as hysterical as could be expected from the Hitchhiker author and good friend of Monty Python. Dirk Gently is the British Columbo (TV's Peter Falk) and I only wish Douglas Adams had set out to write more about this fun schlepp of a character.The stories are not as bizarre as Hitchhiker and feel a bit more "restrained" (for lack of a better word). Great reads both of them!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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The Dirk Gently Omnibus,
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This review is from: The Dirk Gently Omnibus (Hardcover)
Any fan of Hitchhiker will love these books. Great themes and ideas are explored with the same acute oberservation skills that identify Douglas Adams' as one of the most enjoyable reads around. Explore the concepts of time travel and earthbound Gods with a detective twist. I have read both many, many times and each time it is a joy and a laugh out loud experience.
40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
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This is Douglas Adams as we all know and love him!,
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This review is from: The Dirk Gently Omnibus (Hardcover)
Reading the two books (now combined into one) for about the third time in 7 years still makes me laugh! Dirk Gently has got to be one of Douglas Adams most loved charachters - simply because the guy is odd - no other way of describing him!This time around I am able to relate to some of the locations mentioned - having recently moved to the UK. Douglas Adams will be sorely missed - for those of us that enjoy a slightly off beat read. Having started off with The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as an introduction to Douglas Adams - I must admit that I much prefer Dirk Gently - so anyone who enjoyed reading about Ford and Arthur - try reading about Dirk, the electric monk and good old Thor! Wonderful read - great escapism from the mundane and norm!
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