Dirk Gently - Novels

Novels

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
  • The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
  • The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time (unfinished)

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