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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Adams, Douglas; Douglas Adams
- Used
- poor
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0671660632
- ISBN 13
- 9780671660635
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, London, et al.: Pocket Books/A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1988. 1st Pocket Books Printing: May 1988 . Mass Market Paperback. Poor. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 306 pp. Clean, crisp, unmarked pages. Cover slightly worn and creased. Spine cocked. Minimal browning.
Synopsis
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams, first published in 1987. It is described on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic". The book was followed by a sequel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, although the only recurring major characters are the eponymous Gently, his secretary Janice Pearce and Sergeant Gilks. Before his death, Adams also began work on another novel, The Salmon of Doubt with the intention of it being the third book in the series. A BBC Radio adaptation starring Harry Enfield was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on October 2007. A second series based on the sequel was broadcast on October 2008.
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- gearbooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7iBf0019
- Title
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- Author
- Adams, Douglas; Douglas Adams
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Pocket Books Printing: May 1988
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671660632
- ISBN 13
- 9780671660635
- Publisher
- Pocket Books/A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, London, et al.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction & Novel, Mysterious Fiction & Novel, Mystery, Crime Fiction & Novel, True Crime, Humor & Wit, Satire, Comedy, Literary Studies
- Size
- 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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