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''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency|Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency]]'' and ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' are the two books written by [[Douglas Adams]] (of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' fame) starring the character Dirk Gently. A third novel under the working title ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]]'' was in the works, but its publication was prevented by [[Author Existence Failure|Adams' death]].
 
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.
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* ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency|Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency]]''
* ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]''
* ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]]''
 
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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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