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''[[Dirk Gently's
Dirk is a small-scale con artist whose latest scheme is working as a "Holistic Detective", who believes in the "fundamental interconnectedness of all things" and how that means that ''anything'' might prove useful in solving the ''whole'' cases of his clients -- which, the way he sees it, means that he can do anything he likes, even take a three-week tropical vacation, and still charge it to the client as an expense. Of course, by [[Finagle's Law]], ''somehow'' every mundane little job he starts off working on in each novel is somehow actually connected to the main plot, and ''he's'' the one who has to solve everything.
Both books were adapted for [[The BBC|BBC radio]] in 2007, starring Harry Enfield as Dirk. An ongoing BBC TV adaptation, ''[[Dirk Gently (TV series)|Dirk Gently]]'', stars [[Green Wing|Stephen Mangan]].
* ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]''▼
* ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''
* ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]]''
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=== This series as a whole provides examples of: ===
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: Midway through the writing of the third book. After Adams's death, parts of the unfinished manuscript were published along with various other writings extracted from his Macintosh in ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]]''.
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: Dirk's favorite way of getting places he shouldn't be.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: The BBC radio adaptions of the novels re-use several sound effects from ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', and include a reference to the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation.
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