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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

1987 novel by Douglas Adams
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Summary

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,273 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency authored Q42[3].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's genre is comic novel[5].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's genre is science fiction[6].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was followed by The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul[7].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's part of the series is recorded as Dirk Gently series[8].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's language of work or name is recorded as British English[9].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was published on 1987[11].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's characters is recorded as Dirk Gently[12].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's has edition or translation is recorded as Q44272786[13].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's has edition or translation is recorded as Q44272937[14].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's has edition or translation is recorded as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency[15].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's narrative location is recorded as Cambridge[16].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's main subject is music[17].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's main subject is time travel[18].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"}[19].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's derivative work is recorded as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency[20].
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's form of creative work is recorded as novel[21].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 05777b61-3d36-4162-8bf6-40ab0721e751[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency authored Q42[3].

Publication

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was published on 1987[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as British English[9]. Genres include comic novel[5] and science fiction[6]. Its part of the series is recorded as Dirk Gently series[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include music[17] and time travel[18]. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency's part of the series is recorded as Dirk Gently series[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was followed by The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul[7].

Why It Matters

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,273 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Cambridge literary work music United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Publication date → +1987-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Genre → comic novel, science fiction
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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