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''[[Dirk GentlysGently's Holistic Detective Agency (Literature)|Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency]]'' and ''[[The Long Dark Tea -Time of the Soul (Literature)|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'' are the two books written by [[Douglas Adams]] (of ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe 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.
 
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]].
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=== Individual entries: ===
 
* ''[[Dirk GentlysGently's Holistic Detective Agency (Literature)|Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency]]''
* ''[[The Long Dark Tea -Time of the Soul (Literature)|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]''
* ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]]''
 
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=== Adaptations with their own trope page include: ===
 
* ''[[Dirk Gently (TV series)|Dirk Gently]]'' (BBC TV series)
 
=== Other adaptations of this series provide examples of: ===
 
* [[Shout -Out]]: The BBC radio adaptions of the novels re-use several sound effects from ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]'', and include a reference to the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation.
 
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