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Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency

by Douglas Adams

A self-styled private investigator attempts to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things while investigating a mysterious murder. His unconventional enquiry involves a chronologist, an electric monk, and a computer programmer.

Accession 33277 ISBN 0434009008 Publisher William Heinemann Ltd
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