Tracey's review
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
Tracey's review
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Tracey's review
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After reading Douglas Adams' biography, Don't Panic, I decided to re-visit his body of work, starting with Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
It's a rather disjointed book, with the first chapter only making sense once you've reached the very end. Richard MacDuff, a computer programmer, is dating the sister of his employer, Gordon Way, and doing a lousy job of it. He's invited to a Coleridge memorial dinner at his alma mater. St. Cedd's, by Professor Urban Chronotis, his counselor.
Something rather odd happens at the dinner, which ties in with the nastiness that occurs to Gordon. Dirk, a former schoolmate of Richard's, gets involved and finds out just how odd everything is turning out to be. And this is before they meet the Electric Monk.
I don't suppose it's a very typical (or maybe even good) mystery, but it's a fun read with the typical Adamsian turns of phrase:
"[He] had a memory that he himself had once compared to the Queen Alexandra Birdwing Butter...more
It's a rather disjointed book, with the first chapter only making sense once you've reached the very end. Richard MacDuff, a computer programmer, is dating the sister of his employer, Gordon Way, and doing a lousy job of it. He's invited to a Coleridge memorial dinner at his alma mater. St. Cedd's, by Professor Urban Chronotis, his counselor.
Something rather odd happens at the dinner, which ties in with the nastiness that occurs to Gordon. Dirk, a former schoolmate of Richard's, gets involved and finds out just how odd everything is turning out to be. And this is before they meet the Electric Monk.
I don't suppose it's a very typical (or maybe even good) mystery, but it's a fun read with the typical Adamsian turns of phrase:
"[He] had a memory that he himself had once compared to the Queen Alexandra Birdwing Butter...more
